diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/MappingHasher.java b/core/src/main/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/MappingHasher.java
index ee8724d4..955f9d71 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/MappingHasher.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/MappingHasher.java
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
  */
 public class MappingHasher {
 
+    private final static long FNV64_PRIME = 1099511628211L;
+    private final static long FNV64_OFFSET = -3750763034362895579L;
+
     // Z-Base32 output alphabet
     private static char[] ZB32 = { 'y', 'b', 'n', 'd', 'r', 'f', 'g', '8', 'e', 'j', 'k', 'm', 'c', 'p', 'q', 'x', 'o',
             't', '1', 'u', 'w', 'i', 's', 'z', 'a', '3', '4', '5', 'h', '7', '6', '9' };
     private MessageDigest md;
-    private boolean useHex;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
@@ -43,19 +45,18 @@ public MappingHasher() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates a new instances that produces hexadecimal-encoded hash values.
+     * Creates a new instance that produces fast, FNV64-based hexadecimal-encoded
+     * hash values.
      * 
-     * @param useHex If <code>true</code>, this instance will produce hash values
-     *               that are encoded in hexadecimal, rather than in ZBase32
-     *               encoding.
+     * @param useFNV If <code>true</code>, this instance will produce hash values
+     *               using the FNV64 function, rather than the SHA2-256 function.
      */
-    public MappingHasher(boolean useHex) {
-        try {
-            md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
-        } catch ( NoSuchAlgorithmException e ) {
-
+    public MappingHasher(boolean useFNV) {
+        if ( !useFNV) {
+            try {
+                md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
+            } catch ( NoSuchAlgorithmException e ) { }
         }
-        this.useHex = useHex;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -65,40 +66,28 @@ public MappingHasher(boolean useHex) {
      * @return The unique hash for the mapping.
      */
     public String hash(Mapping mapping) {
-        byte[] digest;
         if ( md != null ) {
-            digest = md.digest(mapping.toSExpr().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            byte[] digest = md.digest(mapping.toSExpr().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
             md.reset();
+            return toZBase32(digest);
         } else {
-            // SHA2-256 not available? This should probably never happen, but just in case
-            // we fall back to the built-in Java hash code.
-            digest = new byte[4];
-            int hashcode = mapping.hashCode();
-            digest[0] = (byte) (hashcode & 0xFF);
-            digest[1] = (byte) ((hashcode & 0xFF00) >> 8);
-            digest[2] = (byte) ((hashcode & 0xFF0000) >> 16);
-            digest[3] = (byte) ((hashcode & 0xFF000000) >> 24);
-        }
-
-        return useHex ? toHexadecimal(digest) : toZBase32(digest);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Encodes a buffer into its hexadecimal representation.
-     * 
-     * @param digest The input buffer to encode.
-     * @return The hexadecimal representation of the input buffer.
-     */
-    public static String toHexadecimal(byte[] digest) {
-        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-        for ( int i = 0; i < digest.length; i++ ) {
-            int high = (digest[i] & 0xF0) >> 4;
-            int low = digest[i] & 0x0F;
+            // Either SHA2-256 is not available (which should likely never happen), or the
+            // user specifically asked for FNV64 hashes.
+            long hash = FNV64_OFFSET;
+            for ( byte b : mapping.toSExpr().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8) ) {
+                hash ^= b;
+                hash *= FNV64_PRIME;
+            }
 
-            sb.append((char) (high >= 10 ? high - 10 + 'A' : high + '0'));
-            sb.append((char) (low >= 10 ? low - 10 + 'A' : low + '0'));
+            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+            for ( int i = 0; i < 8; i++ ) {
+                int hi = (byte) ((hash >> (i * 8 + 4)) & 0x0F);
+                int lo = (byte) ((hash >> (i * 8)) & 0x0F);
+                sb.append((char) (hi >= 10 ? hi - 10 + 'A' : hi + '0'));
+                sb.append((char) (lo >= 10 ? lo - 10 + 'A' : lo + '0'));
+            }
+            return sb.toString();
         }
-        return sb.toString();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/MappingHasherTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/MappingHasherTest.java
index 530312e9..b5790f6d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/MappingHasherTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/MappingHasherTest.java
@@ -58,9 +58,13 @@ void testHexadecimalEncoding() {
         m.setConfidence(0.7);
         m.getExtensions(true).put("PROPERTY", new ExtensionValue(LocalDate.of(2025, 6, 1)));
 
-        // Expected hex-encoded SHA2-256 hash of
+        // Expected hex-encoded FNV64 hash of
         // "(7:mapping((10:subject_id7:SUBJECT)(9:author_id(6:AUTHOR))(10:confidence3:0.7)(10:extensions((8:PROPERTY10:2025-06-01)))))"
-        String hash = "D24A2324E03879F2CFB8E713FAB3CBABAFD3B2CA7F010F4AEA307264C5198327";
+        //
+        // Obtained with:
+        // FNVhash -t 64 "<S-expression>"
+        // where FNVhash is the test program provided with RFC 9923
+        String hash = "D24B0A1BF19449DD";
         Assertions.assertEquals(hash, new MappingHasher(true).hash(m));
     }
 }
diff --git a/ext/src/main/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/transform/MappingFormatter.java b/ext/src/main/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/transform/MappingFormatter.java
index 45f8d6f4..c81406d1 100644
--- a/ext/src/main/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/transform/MappingFormatter.java
+++ b/ext/src/main/java/org/incenp/obofoundry/sssom/transform/MappingFormatter.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public class MappingFormatter {
 
     private PrefixManager pfxMgr;
     private MappingHasher hasher = new MappingHasher();
+    private MappingHasher hexHasher = new MappingHasher(true);
 
     /**
      * Sets the prefix manager to use when attempting to resolve a placeholder name
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ public void setStandardSubstitutions() {
         placeholders.put("subject_type", (m) -> m.getSubjectType());
 
         placeholders.put("hash", (m) -> hasher.hash(m));
+        placeholders.put("hexhash", (m) -> hexHasher.hash(m));
 
         // Don't bother checking if we replaced existing substitutions, always clear the
         // cache.