diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 68131937d..e832da0c5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS = clientnb \
                   connect \
                   lokitclient \
                   coolmap \
+                  coolbench \
                   coolsocketdump
 
 if ENABLE_LIBFUZZER
@@ -270,6 +271,14 @@ coolmount_SOURCES = tools/mount.cpp
 
 coolmap_SOURCES = tools/map.cpp
 
+coolbench_SOURCES = tools/Benchmark.cpp \
+                    common/DummyTraceEventEmitter.cpp \
+		    common/Log.cpp \
+                    common/StringVector.cpp \
+                    common/Util.cpp \
+                    common/Simd.cpp
+coolbench_LDADD = libsimd.a
+
 coolconvert_SOURCES = tools/Tool.cpp
 
 coolstress_CPPFLAGS = -DTDOC=\"$(abs_top_srcdir)/test/data\" ${include_paths}
diff --git a/tools/Benchmark.cpp b/tools/Benchmark.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20760062d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/Benchmark.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4; fill-column: 100 -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright the Collabora Online contributors.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+/*
+ * Benchmark various bits of cool code.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <chrono>
+
+#include <common/Png.hpp>
+#include <kit/Delta.hpp>
+
+typedef std::vector<char> Pixmap;
+
+std::vector<Pixmap> pixmaps;
+
+class DeltaTests {
+public:
+    static void rleBitmap(Pixmap &pix)
+    {
+        TileLocation loc = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+        DeltaGenerator::DeltaData rleData(
+            1 /*wid*/, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(pix.data()),
+            0, 0, 256, 256, loc, 256, 256);
+    }
+
+    static void timeRLE(const char *description)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Benchmark " << description << "\n";
+
+        int deltas = 0;
+        const auto start = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+
+        // check we have enough work:
+        int maxIters = (50000 + pixmaps.size() - 1) / pixmaps.size();
+        for (int it = 0; it < maxIters; ++it)
+        {
+//          std::cerr << "iter " << it << "\n";
+            for (Pixmap &pix : pixmaps)
+            {
+                deltas++;
+                rleBitmap(pix);
+            }
+        }
+
+        const auto end = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+
+        std::cout << "took: " <<
+            std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(end - start).count() << "ms - ";
+
+        std::cout << "time/rle: " <<
+            (1.0*std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(end - start).count())/deltas << "us\n";
+    }
+};
+
+int main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+    {
+        uint32_t height, width, rowBytes;
+        Pixmap img = Png::loadPng(argv[i], height, width, rowBytes);
+//        std::cout << "Loaded: " << argv[i] << " " << width << "x" << height << "\n";
+        pixmaps.push_back(img);
+    }
+
+    DeltaTests::timeRLE("CPU");
+
+    simd::init();
+
+    DeltaTests::timeRLE("SIMD");
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */