diff --git a/book/performance.rst b/book/performance.rst
index e3f296484ad..e3496b42476 100644
--- a/book/performance.rst
+++ b/book/performance.rst
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ Use a Byte Code Cache (e.g. APC)
 One of the best (and easiest) things that you should do to improve your performance
 is to use a "byte code cache". The idea of a byte code cache is to remove
 the need to constantly recompile the PHP source code. There are a number of
-`byte code caches`_ available, some of which are open source. The most widely
-used byte code cache is probably `APC`_
+`byte code caches`_ available, some of which are open source. As of PHP 5.5,
+PHP comes with `OPcache`_ built-in. For older versions, the most widely used
+byte code cache is probably `APC`_
 
 Using a byte code cache really has no downside, and Symfony has been architected
 to perform really well in this type of environment.
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ feature is disabled in the byte code cache (e.g. ``apc.stat=0`` in APC), there
 is no longer a reason to use a bootstrap file.
 
 .. _`byte code caches`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PHP_accelerators
+.. _`OPcache`: http://php.net/manual/en/book.opcache.php
 .. _`APC`: http://php.net/manual/en/book.apc.php
 .. _`autoload.php`: https://github.com/symfony/symfony-standard/blob/master/app/autoload.php
 .. _`bootstrap file`: https://github.com/sensio/SensioDistributionBundle/blob/master/Composer/ScriptHandler.php