diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 30ae94e..f33ce19 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ minicbor = { version = "0.25", features = ["alloc"] }
 rand_xoshiro = "0.7"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+criterion = "0.5"
 hex = "0.4"
 qrcode = { version = "0.14", default-features = false }
 
@@ -24,3 +25,6 @@ qrcode = { version = "0.14", default-features = false }
 default = ["std"]
 std = []
 
+[[bench]]
+name = "decode"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benches/decode.rs b/benches/decode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d811872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/decode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use ur::decode;
+
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("decode bytes", |b| b.iter(|| decode(black_box("ur:bytes/hdeymejtswhhylkepmykhhtsytsnoyoyaxaedsuttydmmhhpktpmsrjtgwdpfnsboxgwlbaawzuefywkdplrsrjynbvygabwjldapfcsdwkbrkch"))));
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);