diff --git a/include/gcache/ghost_kv_cache.h b/include/gcache/ghost_kv_cache.h
index a7bc85c..b1cefd0 100644
--- a/include/gcache/ghost_kv_cache.h
+++ b/include/gcache/ghost_kv_cache.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct GhostKvMeta {
  * pair can be variable-length. By default support sampling (non-sampling
  * version can be acquired by setting SampleShift=0)
  */
-template <uint32_t SampleShift = 5, typename Hash = std::hash<std::string_view>,
+template <uint32_t SampleShift = 5, typename Hash = gshash,
           typename SizeType = uint32_t, typename HashType = uint32_t>
 class SampledGhostKvCache {
   SampledGhostCache<SampleShift, idhash, GhostKvMeta<SizeType>, SizeType,
diff --git a/include/gcache/hash.h b/include/gcache/hash.h
index f118615..9215f94 100644
--- a/include/gcache/hash.h
+++ b/include/gcache/hash.h
@@ -64,4 +64,12 @@ struct murmurhash {
   uint32_t operator()(uint32_t x) const noexcept { return murmurhash_u32(x); }
 };
 
+/* Hash for string_view */
+
+struct gshash {  // default string hash function for gcache
+  uint32_t operator()(const std::string_view x) const noexcept {
+    return crc32_u32(0x537, std::hash<std::string_view>{}(x));
+  }
+};
+
 }  // namespace gcache