diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5e3f6e5f..1c8c1543 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ crc32fast = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1", optional = true }
 indexmap = { version = "1.1", optional = true }
 wasmparser = { version = "0.57", optional = true }
+memchr = { version = "2.4", default-features = false }
 
 # Internal feature, only used when building as part of libstd, not part of the
 # stable interface of this crate.
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ write = ["write_core", "coff", "elf", "macho"]
 
 # Enable things that require libstd.
 # Currently, this provides an `Error` implementation.
-std = []
+std = ["memchr/std"]
 # Enable decompression of compressed sections.
 # This feature is not required if you want to do your own decompression.
 compression = ["flate2", "std"]
diff --git a/src/pod.rs b/src/pod.rs
index 41b2c4d9..d745a1fa 100644
--- a/src/pod.rs
+++ b/src/pod.rs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ impl<'data> Bytes<'data> {
     /// Reads past the null byte, but doesn't return it.
     #[inline]
     pub fn read_string(&mut self) -> Result<&'data [u8]> {
-        match self.0.iter().position(|&x| x == 0) {
+        match memchr::memchr(b'\0', self.0) {
             Some(null) => {
                 // These will never fail.
                 let bytes = self.read_bytes(null)?;
diff --git a/src/read/archive.rs b/src/read/archive.rs
index fb6dd362..15d921d0 100644
--- a/src/read/archive.rs
+++ b/src/read/archive.rs
@@ -197,13 +197,12 @@ impl<'data> ArchiveMember<'data> {
             parse_bsd_extended_name(&header.name[3..], data, &mut file_offset, &mut file_size)
                 .read_error("Invalid archive extended name length")?
         } else if header.name[0] == b'/' {
-            let name_len =
-                (header.name.iter().position(|&x| x == b' ')).unwrap_or_else(|| header.name.len());
+            let name_len = memchr::memchr(b' ', &header.name).unwrap_or(header.name.len());
             &header.name[..name_len]
         } else {
-            let name_len = (header.name.iter().position(|&x| x == b'/'))
-                .or_else(|| header.name.iter().position(|&x| x == b' '))
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| header.name.len());
+            let name_len = memchr::memchr(b'/', &header.name)
+                .or_else(|| memchr::memchr(b' ', &header.name))
+                .unwrap_or(header.name.len());
             &header.name[..name_len]
         };
 
@@ -268,20 +267,19 @@ impl<'data> ArchiveMember<'data> {
 
 // Ignores bytes starting from the first space.
 fn parse_u64_digits(digits: &[u8], radix: u32) -> Option<u64> {
-    let len = digits
-        .iter()
-        .position(|&x| x == b' ')
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| digits.len());
-    let digits = &digits[..len];
-    if digits.is_empty() {
+    if let [b' ', ..] = digits {
         return None;
     }
     let mut result: u64 = 0;
     for &c in digits {
-        let x = (c as char).to_digit(radix)?;
-        result = result
-            .checked_mul(u64::from(radix))?
-            .checked_add(u64::from(x))?;
+        if c == b' ' {
+            return Some(result);
+        } else {
+            let x = (c as char).to_digit(radix)?;
+            result = result
+                .checked_mul(u64::from(radix))?
+                .checked_add(u64::from(x))?;
+        }
     }
     Some(result)
 }
@@ -290,7 +288,7 @@ fn parse_sysv_extended_name<'data>(digits: &[u8], names: &'data [u8]) -> Result<
     let offset = parse_u64_digits(digits, 10).ok_or(())?;
     let offset = offset.try_into().map_err(|_| ())?;
     let name_data = names.get(offset..).ok_or(())?;
-    let name = match name_data.iter().position(|&x| x == b'/' || x == 0) {
+    let name = match memchr::memchr2(b'/', b'\0', name_data) {
         Some(len) => &name_data[..len],
         None => name_data,
     };
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ fn parse_bsd_extended_name<'data, R: ReadRef<'data>>(
     let len = parse_u64_digits(digits, 10).ok_or(())?;
     *size = size.checked_sub(len).ok_or(())?;
     let name_data = data.read_bytes(offset, len)?;
-    let name = match name_data.iter().position(|&x| x == 0) {
+    let name = match memchr::memchr(b'\0', name_data) {
         Some(len) => &name_data[..len],
         None => name_data,
     };
diff --git a/src/read/coff/section.rs b/src/read/coff/section.rs
index bcd20cf3..4a1667a6 100644
--- a/src/read/coff/section.rs
+++ b/src/read/coff/section.rs
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ impl pe::ImageSectionHeader {
     /// Return the raw section name.
     pub fn raw_name(&self) -> &[u8] {
         let bytes = &self.name;
-        match bytes.iter().position(|&x| x == 0) {
+        match memchr::memchr(b'\0', bytes) {
             Some(end) => &bytes[..end],
             None => &bytes[..],
         }
diff --git a/src/read/coff/symbol.rs b/src/read/coff/symbol.rs
index 9dc3ba52..5e827342 100644
--- a/src/read/coff/symbol.rs
+++ b/src/read/coff/symbol.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ impl<'data> SymbolTable<'data> {
             .read_error("Invalid COFF symbol index")?;
         let bytes = bytes_of_slice(entries);
         // The name is padded with nulls.
-        Ok(match bytes.iter().position(|&x| x == 0) {
+        Ok(match memchr::memchr(b'\0', bytes) {
             Some(end) => &bytes[..end],
             None => &bytes[..],
         })
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ impl pe::ImageSymbol {
                 .read_error("Invalid COFF symbol name offset")
         } else {
             // The name is inline and padded with nulls.
-            Ok(match self.name.iter().position(|&x| x == 0) {
+            Ok(match memchr::memchr(b'\0', &self.name) {
                 Some(end) => &self.name[..end],
                 None => &self.name[..],
             })
diff --git a/src/read/macho/section.rs b/src/read/macho/section.rs
index 20385039..7862a354 100644
--- a/src/read/macho/section.rs
+++ b/src/read/macho/section.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ pub trait Section: Debug + Pod {
     /// Return the `sectname` bytes up until the null terminator.
     fn name(&self) -> &[u8] {
         let sectname = &self.sectname()[..];
-        match sectname.iter().position(|&x| x == 0) {
+        match memchr::memchr(b'\0', sectname) {
             Some(end) => &sectname[..end],
             None => sectname,
         }
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ pub trait Section: Debug + Pod {
     /// Return the `segname` bytes up until the null terminator.
     fn segment_name(&self) -> &[u8] {
         let segname = &self.segname()[..];
-        match segname.iter().position(|&x| x == 0) {
+        match memchr::memchr(b'\0', segname) {
             Some(end) => &segname[..end],
             None => segname,
         }
diff --git a/src/read/macho/segment.rs b/src/read/macho/segment.rs
index c08fe871..6686c101 100644
--- a/src/read/macho/segment.rs
+++ b/src/read/macho/segment.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ pub trait Segment: Debug + Pod {
     /// Return the `segname` bytes up until the null terminator.
     fn name(&self) -> &[u8] {
         let segname = &self.segname()[..];
-        match segname.iter().position(|&x| x == 0) {
+        match memchr::memchr(b'\0', segname) {
             Some(end) => &segname[..end],
             None => segname,
         }