diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index f408421..1571076 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -166,9 +166,20 @@ function readStreamToArrayBuffer(input) {
  * that are read multiple times, possibly over a network.
  *
  * @param {AsyncBuffer} file file-like object to cache
+ * @param {{ minSize?: number }} [options]
  * @returns {AsyncBuffer} cached file-like object
  */
-export function cachedAsyncBuffer({ byteLength, slice }) {
+export function cachedAsyncBuffer({ byteLength, slice }, { minSize = 50000 } = {}) {
+  if (byteLength < minSize) {
+    // Cache whole file if it's small
+    const buffer = slice(0, byteLength)
+    return {
+      byteLength,
+      async slice(start, end) {
+        return (await buffer).slice(start, end)
+      },
+    }
+  }
   const cache = new Map()
   return {
     byteLength,
diff --git a/test/asyncbuffer.test.js b/test/asyncbuffer.test.js
index 3eabf4e..4a836d6 100644
--- a/test/asyncbuffer.test.js
+++ b/test/asyncbuffer.test.js
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ describe('cachedAsyncBuffer', () => {
       const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(end - start)
       return buffer
     })
-    const cachedFile = cachedAsyncBuffer({
-      byteLength: 1000,
-      slice,
-    })
+    const cachedFile = cachedAsyncBuffer(
+      { byteLength: 1000, slice },
+      { minSize: 0 }
+    )
 
     // Test cache miss
     const slice1 = await cachedFile.slice(0, 100)
@@ -33,12 +33,52 @@ describe('cachedAsyncBuffer', () => {
 
     // Test cache hit for suffix-range
     const slice4 = await cachedFile.slice(-100)
-    expect(slice).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2) // Still no additional call
-    expect(slice4).toBe(slice3) // Cached result reused
+    expect(slice).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(slice4).toBe(slice3)
 
     // Verify that asking for the same end implicitly gets from cache
     const slice5 = await cachedFile.slice(900, 1000)
-    expect(slice).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2) // Still no additional call
-    expect(slice5).toBe(slice3) // Cached result reused
+    expect(slice).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(slice5).toBe(slice3)
+  })
+
+  it('caches whole file if it is smaller than minSize', async () => {
+    const slice = vi.fn(async (start, end) => {
+      // Simulate an async slice operation
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10))
+      if (end === undefined) end = 1000
+      if (start < 0) start = Math.max(0, 1000 + start)
+      const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(end - start)
+      return buffer
+    })
+    const cachedFile = cachedAsyncBuffer({ byteLength: 1000, slice })
+
+    // Test cache miss
+    const slice1 = await cachedFile.slice(0, 100)
+    expect(slice).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(slice1.byteLength).toBe(100)
+
+    // Test cache hit for the same range
+    const slice2 = await cachedFile.slice(0, 100)
+    expect(slice).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1) // No additional call
+    expect(slice2).toEqual(slice1) // Same data
+    expect(slice2).not.toBe(slice1) // Different object
+
+    // Test cache with undefined end, should use byteLength as end
+    const slice3 = await cachedFile.slice(900)
+    expect(slice).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(slice3.byteLength).toBe(100)
+
+    // Test cache hit for suffix-range
+    const slice4 = await cachedFile.slice(-100)
+    expect(slice).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(slice4).toEqual(slice3)
+    expect(slice4).not.toBe(slice3)
+
+    // Verify that asking for the same end implicitly gets from cache
+    const slice5 = await cachedFile.slice(900, 1000)
+    expect(slice).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(slice5).toEqual(slice3)
+    expect(slice5).not.toBe(slice3)
   })
 })