diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db63de2..4d01e4e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,26 @@ if (reforge.isEnabled('cool-feature') {
 setTimeout(ping, reforge.get('ping-delay'));
 ```
 
+## Prefetching
+
+To avoid a request waterfall, you can start fetching the configuration early in your app's
+lifecycle, before the React SDK or `reforge.init()` is called.
+
+```javascript
+import { prefetchReforgeConfig, Context } from "@reforge-com/javascript";
+
+prefetchReforgeConfig({
+  sdkKey: "1234",
+  context: new Context({
+    user: {
+      email: "test@example.com",
+    },
+  }),
+});
+```
+
+When you later call `reforge.init()`, it will automatically use the prefetched promise if available.
+
 ## Client API
 
 | property        | example                                | purpose                                                                                      |
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index e55db04..9373cec 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { reforge, Reforge, ReforgeInitParams, ReforgeBootstrap } from "./src/reforge";
+import {
+  reforge,
+  Reforge,
+  ReforgeInitParams,
+  ReforgeBootstrap,
+  prefetchReforgeConfig,
+} from "./src/reforge";
 import { Config } from "./src/config";
 import Context from "./src/context";
 import { LogLevel, getLogLevelSeverity, shouldLogAtLevel } from "./src/logger";
@@ -15,6 +21,7 @@ export {
   getLogLevelSeverity,
   shouldLogAtLevel,
   version,
+  prefetchReforgeConfig,
 };
 
 export { ReforgeBootstrap };
diff --git a/src/loader.ts b/src/loader.ts
index d6cb002..9488205 100644
--- a/src/loader.ts
+++ b/src/loader.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,19 @@ export default class Loader {
       headers: headers(this.sdkKey, this.clientVersion),
     };
 
+    const prefetchPromise = (window as any).REFORGE_SDK_PREFETCH_PROMISE;
+
+    if (prefetchPromise && prefetchPromise instanceof Promise) {
+      (window as any).REFORGE_SDK_PREFETCH_PROMISE = undefined;
+      return prefetchPromise.catch(
+        () =>
+          // If the prefetch failed, we should try to load from the endpoints
+          new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            this.loadFromEndpoint(0, options, resolve, reject);
+          })
+      );
+    }
+
     const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       this.loadFromEndpoint(0, options, resolve, reject);
     });
diff --git a/src/prefetch.test.ts b/src/prefetch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfd42f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prefetch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { prefetchReforgeConfig, Reforge } from "./reforge";
+import Context from "./context";
+
+describe("prefetchReforgeConfig", () => {
+  const sdkKey = "test-sdk-key";
+  const context = new Context({ user: { id: "123" } });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Reset window object
+    (window as any).REFORGE_SDK_PREFETCH_PROMISE = undefined;
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("should set REFORGE_SDK_PREFETCH_PROMISE on window", () => {
+    // Mock fetch to return a promise
+    global.fetch = jest.fn(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        ok: true,
+        json: () => Promise.resolve({ evaluations: {} }),
+      } as Response)
+    );
+
+    prefetchReforgeConfig({ sdkKey, context });
+
+    expect((window as any).REFORGE_SDK_PREFETCH_PROMISE).toBeDefined();
+    expect((window as any).REFORGE_SDK_PREFETCH_PROMISE).toBeInstanceOf(Promise);
+  });
+
+  it("should pass correct parameters to loader", async () => {
+    global.fetch = jest.fn(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        ok: true,
+        json: () => Promise.resolve({ evaluations: {} }),
+      } as Response)
+    );
+
+    prefetchReforgeConfig({ sdkKey, context });
+
+    await (window as any).REFORGE_SDK_PREFETCH_PROMISE;
+
+    expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining(context.encode()),
+      expect.anything()
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("should not make a second API call when initializing Reforge with prefetch", async () => {
+    // 1. Mock fetch
+    global.fetch = jest.fn(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        ok: true,
+        json: () => Promise.resolve({ evaluations: {} }),
+      } as Response)
+    );
+
+    // 2. Start prefetch
+    prefetchReforgeConfig({ sdkKey, context });
+
+    // Verify prefetch started
+    expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // 3. Initialize Reforge
+    const reforgeInstance = new Reforge();
+
+    await reforgeInstance.init({ sdkKey, context });
+
+    // 4. Verify fetch was NOT called again
+    expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // Verify window global was cleared (as per loader logic)
+    expect((window as any).REFORGE_SDK_PREFETCH_PROMISE).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/reforge.ts b/src/reforge.ts
index 0646d88..443a683 100644
--- a/src/reforge.ts
+++ b/src/reforge.ts
@@ -469,3 +469,28 @@ export class Reforge {
 }
 
 export const reforge = new Reforge();
+
+export function prefetchReforgeConfig({
+  sdkKey,
+  context,
+  endpoints = undefined,
+  timeout = undefined,
+  collectContextMode = "PERIODIC_EXAMPLE",
+  clientNameString = "sdk-javascript",
+  clientVersionString = version,
+}: ReforgeInitParams) {
+  const clientNameAndVersionString = `${clientNameString}-${clientVersionString}`;
+
+  const loader = new Loader({
+    sdkKey,
+    context,
+    endpoints,
+    timeout,
+    collectContextMode,
+    clientVersion: clientNameAndVersionString,
+  });
+
+  (window as any).REFORGE_SDK_PREFETCH_PROMISE = loader.load();
+}
+
+export default prefetchReforgeConfig;