diff --git a/ricepp/CMakeLists.txt b/ricepp/CMakeLists.txt
index b7e4b859..a3b8a265 100644
--- a/ricepp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ricepp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ target_compile_features(ricepp PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 # add_executable(ricepp_demo ricepp_demo.cpp)
 # target_link_libraries(ricepp_demo PRIVATE ricepp fmt)
 
+if(WITH_BENCHMARKS)
+  pkg_check_modules(BENCHMARK IMPORTED_TARGET benchmark)
+  if(BENCHMARK_FOUND)
+    add_executable(ricepp_benchmark ricepp_benchmark.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(ricepp_benchmark ricepp PkgConfig::BENCHMARK)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 if(WITH_TESTS)
   if(NOT TARGET gtest)
     FetchContent_Declare(
diff --git a/ricepp/ricepp_benchmark.cpp b/ricepp/ricepp_benchmark.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42a24c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ricepp/ricepp_benchmark.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et: */
+/**
+ * \author     Marcus Holland-Moritz (github@mhxnet.de)
+ * \copyright  Copyright (c) Marcus Holland-Moritz
+ *
+ * This file is part of ricepp.
+ *
+ * ricepp is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * ricepp is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with ricepp.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <random>
+
+#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+
+#include <ricepp/byteswap.h>
+#include <ricepp/ricepp.h>
+
+namespace {
+
+struct random_config {
+  std::endian byteorder{std::endian::big};
+  unsigned unused_lsb{0};
+  unsigned noise_bits{0};
+  unsigned full_bits{0};
+  double full_freq{0.0};
+};
+
+template <std::unsigned_integral ValueType>
+std::vector<ValueType> generate_random_data(std::mt19937_64& rng, size_t count,
+                                            random_config const& cfg) {
+  std::exponential_distribution<double> full_freq_dist(cfg.full_freq);
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<ValueType> noise(
+      0, (UINT64_C(1) << (cfg.noise_bits + cfg.unused_lsb)) - 1);
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<ValueType> full(
+      0, (UINT64_C(1) << (cfg.full_bits + cfg.unused_lsb)) - 1);
+  std::vector<ValueType> data(count);
+  ValueType mask = static_cast<ValueType>(std::numeric_limits<ValueType>::max()
+                                          << cfg.unused_lsb);
+  std::generate(data.begin(), data.end(), [&]() {
+    return ricepp::byteswap<ValueType>(
+        (full_freq_dist(rng) <= 1.0 ? full(rng) : noise(rng)) & mask,
+        cfg.byteorder);
+  });
+  return data;
+}
+
+class ricepp_bm : public ::benchmark::Fixture {
+ public:
+  void SetUp(::benchmark::State const& state) {
+    std::mt19937_64 rng(42);
+
+    data_ = generate_random_data<uint16_t>(
+        rng, state.range(0),
+        {
+            .byteorder =
+                state.range(1) ? std::endian::big : std::endian::little,
+            .unused_lsb = static_cast<unsigned>(state.range(2)),
+            .noise_bits = static_cast<unsigned>(state.range(3)),
+            .full_bits = static_cast<unsigned>(state.range(4)),
+            .full_freq = 1.0 / state.range(5),
+        });
+
+    codec_ = ricepp::create_codec<uint16_t>({
+        .block_size = static_cast<size_t>(state.range(6)),
+        .component_stream_count = static_cast<unsigned>(state.range(7)),
+        .byteorder = state.range(1) ? std::endian::big : std::endian::little,
+        .unused_lsb_count = static_cast<unsigned>(state.range(2)),
+    });
+
+    encoded_ = codec_->encode(data_);
+  }
+
+  void TearDown(::benchmark::State const&) {}
+
+  std::unique_ptr<ricepp::codec_interface<uint16_t>> codec_;
+  std::vector<uint16_t> data_;
+  std::vector<uint8_t> encoded_;
+};
+
+void ricepp_params(benchmark::internal::Benchmark* b) {
+  b->ArgNames({"size", "bo", "ulsb", "noise", "full", "freq", "bs", "cs"});
+  for (int64_t size : {1024 * 1024, 8 * 1024 * 1024}) {
+    for (int bo : {0, 1}) {
+      for (int cs : {1, 2}) {
+        b->Args({size, bo, 0, 6, 16, 10, 128, cs});
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (int64_t bs : {16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512}) {
+    b->Args({1024 * 1024, 1, 0, 6, 16, 10, bs, 1});
+  }
+
+  for (int64_t full_freq : {2, 4, 8, 16, 32}) {
+    b->Args({1024 * 1024, 1, 0, 6, 16, full_freq, 128, 1});
+  }
+
+  // b->Args({1024*1024, 1, 0, 6, 16, 10, 64, 1});
+  // b->Args({1024*1024, 1, 4, 6, 12, 10, 64, 1});
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+BENCHMARK_DEFINE_F(ricepp_bm, encode)(::benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::vector<uint8_t> encoded;
+  encoded.resize(codec_->worst_case_encoded_bytes(data_));
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    auto r = codec_->encode(encoded, data_);
+    ::benchmark::DoNotOptimize(r);
+  }
+  state.SetBytesProcessed(static_cast<int64_t>(state.iterations()) *
+                          data_.size() * sizeof(data_[0]));
+}
+
+BENCHMARK_DEFINE_F(ricepp_bm, decode)(::benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::vector<uint16_t> decoded;
+  decoded.resize(data_.size());
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    codec_->decode(decoded, encoded_);
+  }
+  state.SetBytesProcessed(static_cast<int64_t>(state.iterations()) *
+                          data_.size() * sizeof(data_[0]));
+}
+
+BENCHMARK_REGISTER_F(ricepp_bm, encode)
+    ->Unit(benchmark::kMillisecond)
+    ->Apply(ricepp_params);
+
+BENCHMARK_REGISTER_F(ricepp_bm, decode)
+    ->Unit(benchmark::kMillisecond)
+    ->Apply(ricepp_params);
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();