diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index d9c56b9..13e9a04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ jobs:
       run: cargo build --verbose
     - name: Run tests
       run: cargo test --verbose
+    - name: Run benches
+      run: cargo bench
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa49674..2b6586b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 serde_repr = "0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+criterion = "0.3"
 hex = "0.4"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "0.2", features = [ "full" ] }
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "odoh_bench"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benches/odoh_bench.rs b/benches/odoh_bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..410ef26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/odoh_bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use hpke::Serializable;
+use odoh_rs::key_utils::*;
+use odoh_rs::protocol::*;
+
+fn generate_key_pair() -> ObliviousDoHKeyPair {
+    let ikm = "871389a8727130974e3eb3ee528d440a871389a8727130974e3eb3ee528d440a";
+    let ikm_bytes = hex::decode(ikm).unwrap();
+    let (secret_key, public_key) = derive_keypair_from_seed(&ikm_bytes);
+    let public_key_bytes = public_key.to_bytes().to_vec();
+    let odoh_public_key = ObliviousDoHConfigContents {
+        kem_id: 0x0020,
+        kdf_id: 0x0001,
+        aead_id: 0x0001,
+        public_key: public_key_bytes,
+    };
+    ObliviousDoHKeyPair {
+        private_key: secret_key,
+        public_key: odoh_public_key,
+    }
+}
+
+fn generate_query_body() -> ObliviousDoHQueryBody {
+    ObliviousDoHQueryBody::new(
+        &hex::decode("5513010000010000000000000377777706676f6f676c6503636f6d00001c0001").unwrap(),
+        None,
+    )
+}
+
+pub fn bench_parse_query(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let key_pair = generate_key_pair();
+    let query = generate_query_body();
+    let (oblivious_query, _) = create_query_msg(&key_pair.public_key, &query).unwrap();
+    c.bench_function("parse_received_query", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| black_box(parse_received_query(&key_pair, &oblivious_query)))
+    });
+}
+
+pub fn bench_parse_response(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let client_secret = vec![
+        185, 1, 153, 19, 244, 146, 251, 107, 66, 227, 209, 137, 191, 128, 219, 44, 12, 154, 195,
+        137, 220, 77, 86, 149, 207, 128, 202, 85, 85, 182, 171, 215,
+    ];
+    let generated_resp = vec![
+        2, 0, 0, 0, 26, 165, 223, 11, 24, 56, 158, 31, 166, 11, 144, 56, 129, 76, 247, 176, 49,
+        168, 168, 106, 68, 188, 192, 104, 89, 213, 9,
+    ];
+    let query = generate_query_body();
+    c.bench_function("parse_received_response", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(parse_received_response(
+                &client_secret,
+                &generated_resp,
+                &query,
+            ))
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, bench_parse_query, bench_parse_response);
+criterion_main!(benches);