diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers/__init__.py b/src/dependency_injector/providers/__init__.py
index 2e235e8f..d01f77cd 100644
--- a/src/dependency_injector/providers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dependency_injector/providers/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ from .injections import (
     NamedInjection,
 )
 from .utils import (
-    GLOBAL_LOCK,
     OverridingContext,
     is_provider,
     ensure_is_provider,
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ __all__ = (
     'PositionalInjection',
     'NamedInjection',
 
-    'GLOBAL_LOCK',
     'OverridingContext',
     'is_provider',
     'ensure_is_provider',
diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers/callables.pyx b/src/dependency_injector/providers/callables.pyx
index 370f6619..a2c963f1 100644
--- a/src/dependency_injector/providers/callables.pyx
+++ b/src/dependency_injector/providers/callables.pyx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from .injections cimport (
     parse_positional_injections,
     parse_named_injections,
 )
-from .utils import represent_provider
+from .utils cimport represent_provider
 
 
 cdef class Callable(Provider):
diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers/factories.pyx b/src/dependency_injector/providers/factories.pyx
index c54ee9ac..24c4a2bc 100644
--- a/src/dependency_injector/providers/factories.pyx
+++ b/src/dependency_injector/providers/factories.pyx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from .injections cimport (
     NamedInjection,
     parse_named_injections,
 )
-from .utils import represent_provider
+from .utils cimport represent_provider
 
 
 cdef class Factory(Provider):
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ cdef class Factory(Provider):
 
         super(Factory, self).__init__()
 
-
     def __str__(self):
         """Return string representation of provider.
 
diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers/singletons.pxd b/src/dependency_injector/providers/singletons.pxd
index fe494859..25f0b452 100644
--- a/src/dependency_injector/providers/singletons.pxd
+++ b/src/dependency_injector/providers/singletons.pxd
@@ -4,22 +4,39 @@ Powered by Cython.
 """
 
 from .base cimport Provider
+from .factories cimport Factory
 
 
 cdef class BaseSingleton(Provider):
-    pass
+    cdef Factory __instantiator
 
 
 cdef class Singleton(BaseSingleton):
-    pass
+    cdef object __storage
+
+    cpdef object _provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs)
+
+    cdef inline object __provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs):
+        if self.__storage is None:
+            self.__storage = self.__instantiator.__provide(args, kwargs)
+        return self.__storage
 
 
 cdef class DelegatedSingleton(Singleton):
     pass
 
 
-cdef class ThreadSafeSingleton(Singleton):
-    pass
+cdef class ThreadSafeSingleton(BaseSingleton):
+    cdef object __storage
+    cdef object __lock
+
+    cpdef object _provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs)
+
+    cdef inline object __provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs):
+        with self.__lock:
+            if self.__storage is None:
+                self.__storage = self.__instantiator.__provide(args, kwargs)
+        return self.__storage
 
 
 cdef class DelegatedThreadSafeSingleton(ThreadSafeSingleton):
@@ -27,7 +44,20 @@ cdef class DelegatedThreadSafeSingleton(ThreadSafeSingleton):
 
 
 cdef class ThreadLocalSingleton(BaseSingleton):
-    pass
+    cdef object __storage
+
+    cpdef object _provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs)
+
+    cdef inline object __provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs):
+        cdef object instance
+
+        try:
+            instance = self.__storage.instance
+        except AttributeError:
+            instance = self.__instantiator.__provide(args, kwargs)
+            self.__storage.instance = instance
+        finally:
+            return instance
 
 
 cdef class DelegatedThreadLocalSingleton(ThreadLocalSingleton):
diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers/singletons.pyx b/src/dependency_injector/providers/singletons.pyx
index 21b9b4e9..58e9c42a 100644
--- a/src/dependency_injector/providers/singletons.pyx
+++ b/src/dependency_injector/providers/singletons.pyx
@@ -3,23 +3,243 @@
 Powered by Cython.
 """
 
+import threading
+
+from dependency_injector.errors import Error
+
 from .base cimport Provider
+from .factories cimport Factory
+from .utils cimport represent_provider
+
+
+GLOBAL_LOCK = threading.RLock()
+"""Global reentrant lock.
+
+:type: :py:class:`threading.RLock`
+"""
 
 
 cdef class BaseSingleton(Provider):
-    pass
+    """Base class of singleton providers."""
+
+    provided_type = None
+
+    def __init__(self, provides, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initializer.
+
+        :param provides: Provided type.
+        :type provides: type
+
+        :param args: Tuple of positional argument injections.
+        :type args: tuple[object]
+
+        :param kwargs: Dictionary of context keyword argument injections.
+        :type kwargs: dict[str, object]
+        """
+        if (self.__class__.provided_type and
+                not issubclass(provides, self.__class__.provided_type)):
+            raise Error('{0} can provide only {1} instances'.format(
+                self.__class__, self.__class__.provided_type))
+
+        self.__instantiator = Factory(provides, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        super(Provider, self).__init__()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Return string representation of provider.
+
+        :rtype: str
+        """
+        return represent_provider(provider=self,
+                                  provides=self.__instantiator.cls)
+
+    @property
+    def cls(self):
+        """Return provided type."""
+        return self.__instantiator.cls
+
+    @property
+    def args(self):
+        """Return positional argument injections."""
+        return self.__instantiator.args
+
+    def add_args(self, *args):
+        """Add __init__ postional argument injections.
+
+        :param args: Tuple of injections.
+        :type args: tuple
+
+        :return: Reference ``self``
+        """
+        self.__instantiator.add_args(*args)
+        return self
+
+    def set_args(self, *args):
+        """Set __init__ postional argument injections.
+
+        Existing __init__ positional argument injections are dropped.
+
+        :param args: Tuple of injections.
+        :type args: tuple
+
+        :return: Reference ``self``
+        """
+        self.__instantiator.set_args(*args)
+        return self
+
+    def clear_args(self):
+        """Drop __init__ postional argument injections.
+
+        :return: Reference ``self``
+        """
+        self.__instantiator.clear_args()
+        return self
+
+    @property
+    def kwargs(self):
+        """Return keyword argument injections."""
+        return self.__instantiator.kwargs
+
+    def add_kwargs(self, **kwargs):
+        """Add __init__ keyword argument injections.
+
+        :param kwargs: Dictionary of injections.
+        :type kwargs: dict
+
+        :return: Reference ``self``
+        """
+        self.__instantiator.add_kwargs(**kwargs)
+        return self
+
+    def set_kwargs(self, **kwargs):
+        """Set __init__ keyword argument injections.
+
+        Existing __init__ keyword argument injections are dropped.
+
+        :param kwargs: Dictionary of injections.
+        :type kwargs: dict
+
+        :return: Reference ``self``
+        """
+        self.__instantiator.set_kwargs(**kwargs)
+        return self
+
+    def clear_kwargs(self):
+        """Drop __init__ keyword argument injections.
+
+        :return: Reference ``self``
+        """
+        self.__instantiator.clear_kwargs()
+        return self
+
+    @property
+    def attributes(self):
+        """Return attribute injections."""
+        return self.__instantiator.attributes
+
+    def add_attributes(self, **kwargs):
+        """Add attribute injections.
+
+        :param args: Tuple of injections.
+        :type args: tuple
+
+        :return: Reference ``self``
+        """
+        self.__instantiator.add_attributes(**kwargs)
+        return self
+
+    def set_attributes(self, **kwargs):
+        """Set attribute injections.
+
+        Existing attribute injections are dropped.
+
+        :param args: Tuple of injections.
+        :type args: tuple
+
+        :return: Reference ``self``
+        """
+        self.__instantiator.set_attributes(**kwargs)
+        return self
+
+    def clear_attributes(self):
+        """Drop attribute injections.
+
+        :return: Reference ``self``
+        """
+        self.__instantiator.clear_attributes()
+        return self
+
+    def reset(self):
+        """Reset cached instance, if any.
+
+        :rtype: None
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
 
 
 cdef class Singleton(BaseSingleton):
-    pass
+    """Singleton provider."""
+
+    def __init__(self, provides, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initializer.
+
+        :param provides: Provided type.
+        :type provides: type
+
+        :param args: Tuple of positional argument injections.
+        :type args: tuple[object]
+
+        :param kwargs: Dictionary of context keyword argument injections.
+        :type kwargs: dict[str, object]
+        """
+        self.__storage = None
+        super(Singleton, self).__init__(provides, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def reset(self):
+        """Reset cached instance, if any.
+
+        :rtype: None
+        """
+        self.__storage = None
+
+    cpdef object _provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs):
+        """Return single instance."""
+        return self.__provide(args, kwargs)
 
 
 cdef class DelegatedSingleton(Singleton):
     __IS_DELEGATED__ = True
 
 
-cdef class ThreadSafeSingleton(Singleton):
-    pass
+cdef class ThreadSafeSingleton(BaseSingleton):
+    """Thread-safe singleton provider."""
+
+    def __init__(self, provides, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initializer.
+
+        :param provides: Provided type.
+        :type provides: type
+
+        :param args: Tuple of positional argument injections.
+        :type args: tuple[object]
+
+        :param kwargs: Dictionary of context keyword argument injections.
+        :type kwargs: dict[str, object]
+        """
+        self.__storage = None
+        self.__lock = GLOBAL_LOCK
+        super(ThreadSafeSingleton, self).__init__(provides, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def reset(self):
+        """Reset cached instance, if any.
+
+        :rtype: None
+        """
+        self.__storage = None
+
+    cpdef object _provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs):
+        """Return single instance."""
+        return self.__provide(args, kwargs)
 
 
 cdef class DelegatedThreadSafeSingleton(ThreadSafeSingleton):
@@ -27,7 +247,33 @@ cdef class DelegatedThreadSafeSingleton(ThreadSafeSingleton):
 
 
 cdef class ThreadLocalSingleton(BaseSingleton):
-    pass
+    """Thread local singleton provider."""
+
+    def __init__(self, provides, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initializer.
+
+        :param provides: Provided type.
+        :type provides: type
+
+        :param args: Tuple of positional argument injections.
+        :type args: tuple[object]
+
+        :param kwargs: Dictionary of context keyword argument injections.
+        :type kwargs: dict[str, object]
+        """
+        self.__storage = threading.local()
+        super(ThreadLocalSingleton, self).__init__(provides, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def reset(self):
+        """Reset cached instance, if any.
+
+        :rtype: None
+        """
+        self.__storage.instance = None
+
+    cpdef object _provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs):
+        """Return single instance."""
+        return self.__provide(args, kwargs)
 
 
 cdef class DelegatedThreadLocalSingleton(ThreadLocalSingleton):
diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.h b/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00f08d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Generated by Cython 0.25.1 */
+
+#ifndef __PYX_HAVE__dependency_injector__providers__utils
+#define __PYX_HAVE__dependency_injector__providers__utils
+
+
+#ifndef __PYX_HAVE_API__dependency_injector__providers__utils
+
+#ifndef __PYX_EXTERN_C
+  #ifdef __cplusplus
+    #define __PYX_EXTERN_C extern "C"
+  #else
+    #define __PYX_EXTERN_C extern
+  #endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef DL_IMPORT
+  #define DL_IMPORT(_T) _T
+#endif
+
+__PYX_EXTERN_C DL_IMPORT(PyObject) *__pyx_v_19dependency_injector_9providers_5utils_CLASS_TYPES;
+
+#endif /* !__PYX_HAVE_API__dependency_injector__providers__utils */
+
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+PyMODINIT_FUNC initutils(void);
+#else
+PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_utils(void);
+#endif
+
+#endif /* !__PYX_HAVE__dependency_injector__providers__utils */
diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.pxd b/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.pxd
index 13d9f049..989ce57d 100644
--- a/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.pxd
+++ b/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.pxd
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Powered by Cython.
 from .base cimport Provider
 
 
-cdef tuple CLASS_TYPES
+cdef public object CLASS_TYPES
 
 
 cdef class OverridingContext(object):
diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.pyx b/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.pyx
index 0eff832d..93b04105 100644
--- a/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.pyx
+++ b/src/dependency_injector/providers/utils.pyx
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ from dependency_injector.errors import Error
 from .base cimport Provider
 
 
-GLOBAL_LOCK = threading.RLock()
-"""Global reentrant lock.
-
-:type: :py:class:`threading.RLock`
-"""
-
-cdef tuple CLASS_TYPES
 if sys.version_info[0] == 3:  # pragma: no cover
     CLASS_TYPES = (type,)
 else:  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/tests/performance/test.py b/tests/performance/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20ac85fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/performance/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+"""Test providers performance."""
+
+import time
+import gc
+
+import dependency_injector.providers
+
+
+class Tester(object):
+    """Performance tester for provider module implementations."""
+
+    def __init__(self, provider_modules, duration_factor):
+        """Initializer."""
+        self.provider_modules = provider_modules
+        self.tests = [getattr(self, name)
+                      for name in dir(self)
+                      if name.startswith('test')]
+        self.total_time = 0
+        self.duration_factor = duration_factor
+
+    def run(self):
+        """Run all tests for all provider modules."""
+        for module in self.provider_modules:
+            print('\n')
+            print('Running tests for module - "{module}":'
+                  .format(module=module.__name__))
+
+            gc.disable()
+            for test in self.tests:
+                start_time = time.time()
+                test(module)
+                self.total_time = time.time() - start_time
+                print('Test "{test}" took - {time}'
+                      .format(test=test.__name__,
+                              time=self.total_time))
+                gc.collect()
+
+        gc.enable()
+        print('\n')
+
+#     def test_simple_object(self, providers):
+#         """Test simple object's creation."""
+#         class Test(object):
+#             pass
+#
+#         for x in xrange(int(5000000 * self.duration_factor)):
+#             Test()
+#
+#     def test_simple_object_factory(self, providers):
+#         """Test simple object's factory."""
+#         class Test(object):
+#             pass
+#
+#         test_factory = providers.Factory(Test)
+#         for x in xrange(int(5000000 * self.duration_factor)):
+#             test_factory()
+#
+#     def test_3_ctx_positional_injections(self, providers):
+#         """Test factory with 3 context positional injections."""
+#         class Test(object):
+#             def __init__(self, a, b, c):
+#                 pass
+#
+#         for x in xrange(int(5000000 * self.duration_factor)):
+#             Test(1, 2, 3)
+#
+#     def test_factory_3_ctx_positional_injections(self, providers):
+#         """Test factory with 3 context positional injections."""
+#         class Test(object):
+#             def __init__(self, a, b, c):
+#                 pass
+#
+#         test_factory = providers.Factory(Test)
+#         for x in xrange(int(5000000 * self.duration_factor)):
+#             test_factory(1, 2, 3)
+
+    def test_3_kw_injections(self, providers):
+        """Test 3 keyword argument injections."""
+        class A(object):
+            pass
+
+        class B(object):
+            pass
+
+        class C(object):
+            pass
+
+        class Test(object):
+            def __init__(self, a, b, c):
+                pass
+
+        for x in xrange(int(5000000 * self.duration_factor)):
+            Test(a=A(), b=B(), c=C())
+
+    def test_factory_3_factory_kw_injections(self, providers):
+        """Test factory with 3 keyword argument injections via factories."""
+        class A(object):
+            pass
+
+        class B(object):
+            pass
+
+        class C(object):
+            pass
+
+        class Test(object):
+            def __init__(self, a, b, c):
+                pass
+
+        a_factory = providers.Factory(A)
+        b_factory = providers.Factory(B)
+        c_factory = providers.Factory(C)
+        test_factory = providers.Factory(Test,
+                                         a=a_factory,
+                                         b=b_factory,
+                                         c=c_factory)
+        for x in xrange(int(5000000 * self.duration_factor)):
+            test_factory()
+
+    def test_factory_subcls_3_factory_subcls_kw_injections(self, providers):
+        """Test factory with 3 keyword argument injections via factories."""
+        class MyFactory(providers.Factory):
+            pass
+
+        class A(object):
+            pass
+
+        class B(object):
+            pass
+
+        class C(object):
+            pass
+
+        class Test(object):
+            def __init__(self, a, b, c):
+                pass
+
+        a_factory = MyFactory(A)
+        b_factory = MyFactory(B)
+        c_factory = MyFactory(C)
+        test_factory = MyFactory(Test,
+                                 a=a_factory,
+                                 b=b_factory,
+                                 c=c_factory)
+        for x in xrange(int(5000000 * self.duration_factor)):
+            test_factory()
+
+#     def test_singleton(self, providers):
+#         """Test factory with 3 keyword argument injections via factories."""
+#         class Test(object):
+#             def __init__(self):
+#                 pass
+#
+#         test_factory = providers.Singleton(Test)
+#         for x in xrange(int(5000000 * self.duration_factor)):
+#             test_factory()
+#
+#     def test_singleton_subcls(self, providers):
+#         """Test factory with 3 keyword argument injections via factories."""
+#         class MySingleton(providers.Singleton):
+#             pass
+#
+#         class Test(object):
+#             pass
+#
+#         test_factory = MySingleton(Test)
+#         for x in xrange(int(5000000 * self.duration_factor)):
+#             test_factory()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    tester = Tester(
+        provider_modules=[
+            dependency_injector.providers,
+        ],
+        duration_factor=1)
+    tester.run()
diff --git a/tests/unit/providers/test_callables.py b/tests/unit/providers/test_callables.py
index e1d8ecad..f17c0e4d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/providers/test_callables.py
+++ b/tests/unit/providers/test_callables.py
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ class DelegatedCallableTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_is_delegated_provider(self):
         provider = providers.DelegatedCallable(len)
-        self.assertIs(provider.provide_injection(), provider)
+        self.assertTrue(providers.is_delegated(provider))
diff --git a/tests/unit/providers/test_singletons.py b/tests/unit/providers/test_singletons.py
index f6050dd5..ca13052e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/providers/test_singletons.py
+++ b/tests/unit/providers/test_singletons.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class SingletonTests(unittest.TestCase):
         provider = providers.Singleton(Example)
 
         self.assertEqual(repr(provider),
-                         '<dependency_injector.providers.creational.'
+                         '<dependency_injector.providers.singletons.'
                          'Singleton({0}) at {1}>'.format(
                              repr(Example),
                              hex(id(provider))))
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class DelegatedSingletonTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_is_delegated_provider(self):
         provider = providers.DelegatedSingleton(object)
-        self.assertIs(provider.provide_injection(), provider)
+        self.assertTrue(providers.is_delegated(provider))
 
 
 class ThreadLocalSingletonTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ class ThreadLocalSingletonTests(unittest.TestCase):
         provider = providers.ThreadLocalSingleton(Example)
 
         self.assertEqual(repr(provider),
-                         '<dependency_injector.providers.creational.'
+                         '<dependency_injector.providers.singletons.'
                          'ThreadLocalSingleton({0}) at {1}>'.format(
                              repr(Example),
                              hex(id(provider))))
@@ -444,4 +444,4 @@ class DelegatedThreadLocalSingletonTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_is_delegated_provider(self):
         provider = providers.DelegatedThreadLocalSingleton(object)
-        self.assertIs(provider.provide_injection(), provider)
+        self.assertTrue(providers.is_delegated(provider))