diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 736c570..6aa8610 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ m_lexer       = "0.0.4"
 serde_json    = "1.0.61"
 serde_test    = "1.0.119"
 crossbeam-utils = "0.8"
+criterion     = "0.3"
+
+[[bench]]
+name  = "main"
+harness = false
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/benches/main.rs b/benches/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18e1560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion, Throughput};
+use cstree::*;
+use lasso::{Interner, Rodeo};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum Element<'s> {
+    Node(Vec<Element<'s>>),
+    Token(&'s str),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
+pub enum TestLang {}
+impl Language for TestLang {
+    type Kind = SyntaxKind;
+
+    fn kind_from_raw(raw: SyntaxKind) -> Self::Kind {
+        raw
+    }
+
+    fn kind_to_raw(kind: Self::Kind) -> SyntaxKind {
+        kind
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn build_tree_with_cache<'c, 'i, I>(root: &Element<'_>, cache: &'c mut NodeCache<'i, I>) -> GreenNode
+where
+    I: Interner,
+{
+    let mut builder = GreenNodeBuilder::with_cache(cache);
+    build_recursive(root, &mut builder, 0);
+    let (node, interner) = builder.finish();
+    assert!(interner.is_none());
+    node
+}
+
+pub fn build_recursive<'c, 'i, I>(root: &Element<'_>, builder: &mut GreenNodeBuilder<'c, 'i, I>, mut from: u16) -> u16
+where
+    I: Interner,
+{
+    match root {
+        Element::Node(children) => {
+            builder.start_node(SyntaxKind(from));
+            for child in children {
+                from = build_recursive(child, builder, from + 1);
+            }
+            builder.finish_node();
+        }
+        Element::Token(text) => {
+            builder.token(SyntaxKind(from), *text);
+        }
+    }
+    from
+}
+
+fn two_level_tree() -> Element<'static> {
+    use Element::*;
+    Node(vec![
+        Node(vec![Token("0.0"), Token("0.1")]),
+        Node(vec![Token("1.0")]),
+        Node(vec![Token("2.0"), Token("2.1"), Token("2.2")]),
+    ])
+}
+
+pub fn create(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("qualification");
+    group.throughput(Throughput::Elements(1));
+
+    let mut interner = Rodeo::new();
+    let mut cache = NodeCache::with_interner(&mut interner);
+    let tree = two_level_tree();
+
+    group.bench_function("two-level tree", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            for _ in 0..100_000 {
+                let _tree = build_tree_with_cache(&tree, &mut cache);
+            }
+        })
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, create);
+criterion_main!(benches);