diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a6d1af5..7bd9ef6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,5 +41,10 @@ serde = ["hex?/serde", "dep:serde"]
 # This should not be needed most of the time.
 hex = ["dep:hex"]
 
+# Support for the `portable-simd` nightly feature.
+# Note that `-Zbuild-std` may be necessary to unlock better performance than
+# the specialized implementations.
+portable-simd = []
+
 # Nightly features for better performance.
 nightly = []
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index cb6a3bf..3ba6f88 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ path = "fuzz_targets/fuzz_const_hex.rs"
 test = false
 doc = false
 
-[workspace]
+[features]
+portable-simd = ["const-hex/portable-simd"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 99c842d..38ab927 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "nightly", feature(core_intrinsics, inline_const))]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "portable-simd", feature(portable_simd))]
 #![allow(
     clippy::cast_lossless,
     clippy::inline_always,
@@ -39,7 +40,10 @@ use alloc::{string::String, vec::Vec};
 
 // The main encoding and decoding functions.
 cfg_if! {
-    if #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))] {
+    if #[cfg(feature = "portable-simd")] {
+        mod portable_simd;
+        use portable_simd as imp;
+    } else if #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))] {
         mod x86;
         use x86 as imp;
     } else {
@@ -134,6 +138,10 @@ pub const HEX_CHARS_UPPER: &[u8; 16] = b"0123456789ABCDEF";
 /// [`u8::MAX`] is used for invalid values.
 pub const HEX_DECODE_LUT: &[u8; 256] = &make_decode_lut();
 
+pub unsafe fn encode2(input: &[u8], output: *mut u8) {
+    imp::encode::<false>(input, output)
+}
+
 /// A correctly sized stack allocation for the formatted bytes to be written
 /// into.
 ///
diff --git a/src/portable_simd.rs b/src/portable_simd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b90488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/portable_simd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use crate::default;
+use core::simd::{u8x16, Swizzle};
+use core::slice;
+
+const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = core::mem::size_of::<u8x16>();
+
+/// Hex encoding function using [`std::simd`][core::simd].
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// `output` must be a valid pointer to at least `2 * input.len()` bytes.
+pub(super) unsafe fn encode<const UPPER: bool>(input: &[u8], output: *mut u8) {
+    let mut i = 0;
+    let (prefix, chunks, suffix) = input.as_simd::<CHUNK_SIZE>();
+
+    default::encode::<UPPER>(prefix, output);
+    i += prefix.len();
+
+    let hex_table = u8x16::from_array(*crate::get_chars_table::<UPPER>());
+    for &chunk in chunks {
+        // Load input bytes and mask to nibbles.
+        let mut lo = chunk & u8x16::splat(15);
+        let mut hi = chunk >> u8x16::splat(4);
+
+        // Lookup the corresponding ASCII hex digit for each nibble.
+        lo = hex_table.swizzle_dyn(lo);
+        hi = hex_table.swizzle_dyn(hi);
+
+        // Interleave the nibbles ([hi[0], lo[0], hi[1], lo[1], ...]).
+        let (hex_lo, hex_hi) = u8x16::interleave(hi, lo);
+
+        // Store result into the output buffer.
+        hex_lo.copy_to_slice(slice::from_raw_parts_mut(output.add(i), CHUNK_SIZE));
+        i += CHUNK_SIZE;
+        hex_hi.copy_to_slice(slice::from_raw_parts_mut(output.add(i), CHUNK_SIZE));
+        i += CHUNK_SIZE;
+    }
+
+    default::encode::<UPPER>(suffix, output.add(i));
+}
+
+pub(super) use default::decode;
+
+struct HexCharsTable<const UPPER: bool>;
+
+impl<const UPPER: bool> Swizzle<16, 16> for HexCharsTable<UPPER> {
+    const INDEX: [usize; 16] = [0; 16];
+}