diff --git a/doc/changes/changed/14542.md b/doc/changes/changed/14542.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b51e232f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/changed/14542.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- Extract the structural-hash accumulator into a new `Stdune.Hash`
+  module and route `Stdune.Tuple.T2.hash`, `Stdune.Tuple.T3.hash`,
+  `Stdune.List.hash`, `Stdune.Result.hash`, and `Resolve.error_hash`
+  through it. Hashing these structural shapes no longer allocates per
+  call.
+  (#14542, @robinbb)
diff --git a/otherlibs/stdune/src/hash.ml b/otherlibs/stdune/src/hash.ml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad60df786b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/otherlibs/stdune/src/hash.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type t = int
+
+let create () = 1
+let feed acc x = (acc * 31) + x
+let hash t = t
diff --git a/otherlibs/stdune/src/hash.mli b/otherlibs/stdune/src/hash.mli
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64815a2d3e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/otherlibs/stdune/src/hash.mli
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+(** A non-allocating hash accumulator.
+
+    Threads an [int] seed through a sequence of input ints with a
+    multiplicative combiner; designed for use by structural [hash]
+    functions on records, tuples, and lists that previously built a
+    temporary value to pass to [Stdlib.Hashtbl.hash].
+
+    Hash values produced by this module are stable within a single
+    process run but make no cross-process or cross-version guarantee;
+    use only as a [Hashtbl] / [Memo] bucket selector. *)
+
+type t
+
+val create : unit -> t
+val feed : t -> int -> t
+val hash : t -> int
diff --git a/otherlibs/stdune/src/list.ml b/otherlibs/stdune/src/list.ml
index 7ce0ea75ebc..04f7a231940 100644
--- a/otherlibs/stdune/src/list.ml
+++ b/otherlibs/stdune/src/list.ml
@@ -202,7 +202,14 @@ let rec equal eq xs ys =
   | _, _ -> false
 ;;
 
-let hash f xs = Stdlib.Hashtbl.hash (map ~f xs)
+let hash f xs =
+  let rec loop acc = function
+    | [] -> acc
+    | x :: xs -> loop (Hash.feed acc (f x)) xs
+  in
+  loop (Hash.create ()) xs |> Hash.hash
+;;
+
 let cons x xs = x :: xs
 
 (* copy&paste from [base] *)
diff --git a/otherlibs/stdune/src/result.ml b/otherlibs/stdune/src/result.ml
index 0ab43ca48f4..8440be5d5dc 100644
--- a/otherlibs/stdune/src/result.ml
+++ b/otherlibs/stdune/src/result.ml
@@ -134,11 +134,17 @@ module List = struct
   ;;
 end
 
-let hash h1 h2 t =
-  Stdlib.Hashtbl.hash
-    (match t with
-     | Ok s -> h1 s
-     | Error e -> h2 e)
+let hash h1 h2 = function
+  | Ok s ->
+    let acc = Hash.create () in
+    let acc = Hash.feed acc 0 in
+    let acc = Hash.feed acc (h1 s) in
+    Hash.hash acc
+  | Error e ->
+    let acc = Hash.create () in
+    let acc = Hash.feed acc 1 in
+    let acc = Hash.feed acc (h2 e) in
+    Hash.hash acc
 ;;
 
 let equal e1 e2 x y =
diff --git a/otherlibs/stdune/src/stdune.ml b/otherlibs/stdune/src/stdune.ml
index 5986ce6364c..92f00c0a556 100644
--- a/otherlibs/stdune/src/stdune.ml
+++ b/otherlibs/stdune/src/stdune.ml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ module Exn_with_backtrace = Exn_with_backtrace
 module Filename = Filename
 module Filename_set = Filename_set
 module Format = Format
+module Hash = Hash
 module Hashtbl = Hashtbl
 module Table = Table
 module Int = Int
diff --git a/otherlibs/stdune/src/tuple.ml b/otherlibs/stdune/src/tuple.ml
index 27bcdba6539..d1708c03697 100644
--- a/otherlibs/stdune/src/tuple.ml
+++ b/otherlibs/stdune/src/tuple.ml
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ module T2 = struct
 
   let to_dyn = Dyn.pair
   let equal f g (x1, y1) (x2, y2) = f x1 x2 && g y1 y2
-  let hash f g (a, b) = Poly.hash (f a, g b)
+
+  let hash f g (a, b) =
+    let acc = Hash.create () in
+    let acc = Hash.feed acc (f a) in
+    let acc = Hash.feed acc (g b) in
+    Hash.hash acc
+  ;;
 
   let compare f g (a1, b1) (a2, b2) =
     match f a1 a2 with
@@ -18,7 +24,15 @@ module T3 = struct
   type ('a, 'b, 'c) t = 'a * 'b * 'c
 
   let to_dyn = Dyn.triple
-  let hash f g h (a, b, c) = Poly.hash (f a, g b, h c)
+
+  let hash f g h (a, b, c) =
+    let acc = Hash.create () in
+    let acc = Hash.feed acc (f a) in
+    let acc = Hash.feed acc (g b) in
+    let acc = Hash.feed acc (h c) in
+    Hash.hash acc
+  ;;
+
   let equal f g h (a1, b1, c1) (a2, b2, c2) = f a1 a2 && g b1 b2 && h c1 c2
 
   let compare f g h (a1, b1, c1) (a2, b2, c2) =
diff --git a/otherlibs/stdune/test/list_tests.ml b/otherlibs/stdune/test/list_tests.ml
index c589fa1705d..f90daadd0d5 100644
--- a/otherlibs/stdune/test/list_tests.ml
+++ b/otherlibs/stdune/test/list_tests.ml
@@ -18,3 +18,28 @@ let%expect_test _ =
   intersperse [ "foo"; "bar"; "baz" ] ~sep:"sep";
   [%expect {| [ "foo"; "sep"; "bar"; "sep"; "baz" ] |}]
 ;;
+
+let%expect_test "List.hash distinguishes length and identity" =
+  (* Bool.hash false = 0, so under any rolling hash that starts at 0,
+     [], [false], [false; false], ... would all collide. The current
+     implementation starts at 1, breaking that family of collisions. *)
+  let h = List.hash Bool.hash in
+  let print xs = Printf.printf "%d\n" (h xs) in
+  print [];
+  print [ false ];
+  print [ false; false ];
+  print [ false; false; false ];
+  print [ true ];
+  print [ true; false ];
+  print [ false; true ];
+  [%expect
+    {|
+    1
+    31
+    961
+    29791
+    32
+    992
+    962
+    |}]
+;;
diff --git a/otherlibs/stdune/test/tuple_tests.ml b/otherlibs/stdune/test/tuple_tests.ml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43447203ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/otherlibs/stdune/test/tuple_tests.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+open Stdune
+
+let%expect_test "Tuple.T2.hash distinguishes trivial inputs" =
+  (* Bool.hash false = 0, so a 2-tuple of all-zeros would collide with
+     ([], false), etc. if the combiner forgot to seed the accumulator.
+     The Hash module's [create ()] seed of 1 keeps these distinct. *)
+  let h = Tuple.T2.hash Bool.hash Bool.hash in
+  let print xy = Printf.printf "%d\n" (h xy) in
+  print (false, false);
+  print (false, true);
+  print (true, false);
+  print (true, true);
+  [%expect
+    {|
+    961
+    962
+    992
+    993
+    |}]
+;;
+
+let%expect_test "Tuple.T3.hash distinguishes trivial inputs" =
+  let h = Tuple.T3.hash Bool.hash Bool.hash Bool.hash in
+  let print xyz = Printf.printf "%d\n" (h xyz) in
+  print (false, false, false);
+  print (false, false, true);
+  print (false, true, false);
+  print (true, false, false);
+  [%expect
+    {|
+    29791
+    29792
+    29822
+    30752
+    |}]
+;;
diff --git a/src/dune_rules/resolve.ml b/src/dune_rules/resolve.ml
index 4cc87e67d5a..8ecd58e27e0 100644
--- a/src/dune_rules/resolve.ml
+++ b/src/dune_rules/resolve.ml
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ let error_equal { message; stack_frames } b =
 let equal f = Result.equal f error_equal
 
 let error_hash { message; stack_frames } =
-  Poly.hash (Poly.hash message, Stdune.List.map stack_frames ~f:Lazy.force)
+  let acc = Hash.create () in
+  let acc = Hash.feed acc (Poly.hash message) in
+  let acc = Hash.feed acc (List.hash (fun f -> Poly.hash (Lazy.force f)) stack_frames) in
+  Hash.hash acc
 ;;
 
 let to_dyn f t =
diff --git a/src/source/opam_switch.ml b/src/source/opam_switch.ml
index f476cf97e99..a02c41b8e38 100644
--- a/src/source/opam_switch.ml
+++ b/src/source/opam_switch.ml
@@ -21,8 +21,4 @@ include Repr.Poly (struct
     let repr = repr
   end)
 
-let hash { root; switch } =
-  Tuple.T2.hash (Option.hash String.hash) String.hash (root, switch)
-;;
-
 let opam_switch_prefix_var_name = "OPAM_SWITCH_PREFIX"