diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a9ec9a78..d08c14f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node_version: ['10', '12', '14', '15']
+        node_version: ['10', '12', '14', '15', '16']
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/packages/trie/src/tests.ts b/packages/trie/src/tests.ts
index 1c6397e1..c765c6f7 100644
--- a/packages/trie/src/tests.ts
+++ b/packages/trie/src/tests.ts
@@ -87,4 +87,75 @@ describe("Trie", function () {
     // Verify that all Data objects are distinct.
     assert.strictEqual(new Set(datas).size, datas.length);
   });
+
+  describe("performance", () => {
+    const objectKeys: object[][] = [];
+    for (let k = 0; k < 2e4; ++k) {
+      const key: object[] = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
+        key.push({});
+      }
+      objectKeys.push(key);
+    }
+
+    const numberKeys: number[][] = [];
+    for (let k = 0; k < 2e4; ++k) {
+      const key: number[] = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
+        key.push(i * k);
+      }
+      numberKeys.push(key);
+    }
+
+    const nodeMajorVersion = parseInt(process.versions.node.split('.')[0], 10);
+
+    (nodeMajorVersion > 10 ? it : it.skip)
+    ("lots of fresh object references added weakly", function () {
+      this.timeout(20000);
+      const trie = new Trie<object>(true);
+      objectKeys.forEach(key => {
+        trie.lookupArray(key);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("lots of fresh object references added strongly", function () {
+      this.timeout(20000);
+      const trie = new Trie<object>(false);
+      objectKeys.forEach(key => {
+        trie.lookupArray(key);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("lots of numeric key arrays added weakly", function () {
+      this.timeout(20000);
+      const trie = new Trie<object>(true);
+      numberKeys.forEach(key => {
+        trie.lookupArray(key);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("lots of numeric key arrays added strongly", function () {
+      this.timeout(20000);
+      const trie = new Trie<object>(false);
+      numberKeys.forEach(key => {
+        trie.lookupArray(key);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("looking up the same key lots of times, weakly", function () {
+      this.timeout(20000);
+      const trie = new Trie<object>(true);
+      objectKeys.forEach(() => {
+        trie.lookupArray(objectKeys[0]);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("looking up the same key lots of times, strongly", function () {
+      this.timeout(20000);
+      const trie = new Trie<object>(false);
+      objectKeys.forEach(() => {
+        trie.lookupArray(objectKeys[0]);
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/trie/src/trie.ts b/packages/trie/src/trie.ts
index c208e3ce..124af1dc 100644
--- a/packages/trie/src/trie.ts
+++ b/packages/trie/src/trie.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 // null-prototype Object.
 const defaultMakeData = () => Object.create(null);
 
-// Useful for processing arguments objects as well as arrays.
-const { forEach, slice } = Array.prototype;
+const { slice } = Array.prototype;
 
 export class Trie<Data> {
   // Since a `WeakMap` cannot hold primitive values as keys, we need a
@@ -27,8 +26,11 @@ export class Trie<Data> {
   }
 
   public lookupArray<T extends IArguments | any[]>(array: T): Data {
+    const { length } = array;
     let node: Trie<Data> = this;
-    forEach.call(array, key => node = node.getChildTrie(key));
+    for (let i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
+      node = node.getChildTrie(array[i]);
+    }
     return node.data || (node.data = this.makeData(slice.call(array)));
   }