diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4bc37ad..e887ea8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ requires-dist =
     enum34; python_version<"3.4"
     typing; python_version<"3.5"
     configparser; python_version<"3.2"
+    functools32; python_version<"3.2"
     entrypoints >= 0.3.0, < 0.4.0
     pyflakes >= 2.1.0, < 2.2.0
     pycodestyle >= 2.5.0, < 2.6.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f723716..088de25 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ requires = [
 extras_require = {
     ":python_version<'3.4'": ['enum34'],
     ":python_version<'3.5'": ['typing'],
-    ":python_version<'3.2'": ['configparser'],
+    ":python_version<'3.2'": ['configparser', 'functools32'],
 }
 
 if int(setuptools.__version__.split('.')[0]) < 18:
diff --git a/src/flake8/style_guide.py b/src/flake8/style_guide.py
index 21a1185..cf723df 100644
--- a/src/flake8/style_guide.py
+++ b/src/flake8/style_guide.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import collections
 import contextlib
 import copy
 import enum
-import functools
 import itertools
 import linecache
 import logging
+import sys
 from typing import Optional, Union  # noqa: F401 (until flake8 3.7)
 
 from flake8 import defaults
@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@ __all__ = ("StyleGuide",)
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-try:
-    lru_cache = functools.lru_cache
-except AttributeError:
-
-    def lru_cache(maxsize=128, typed=False):
-        """Stub for missing lru_cache."""
-        return lambda func: func
+if sys.version_info < (3, 2):
+    from functools32 import lru_cache
+else:
+    from functools import lru_cache
 
 
 # TODO(sigmavirus24): Determine if we need to use enum/enum34
@@ -366,6 +363,7 @@ class StyleGuideManager(object):
                 filename=filename, extend_ignore_with=violations
             )
 
+    @lru_cache(maxsize=None)
     def style_guide_for(self, filename):
         """Find the StyleGuide for the filename in particular."""
         guides = sorted(