diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b3061b2..34a2383 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,11 @@ arbitrary = "1.2.0"
 proptest = "1.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+criterion = "0.4.0"
 rstest = "0.16.0"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "json-benchmark"
+harness = false
+
+
diff --git a/benches/json-benchmark.rs b/benches/json-benchmark.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4c6a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/json-benchmark.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use tests::json_parser::json_object;
+
+pub fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("fib 20", |b| b.iter(|| fibonacci(black_box(20))));
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);