diff --git a/rcdom/Cargo.toml b/rcdom/Cargo.toml
index 3d6267b1..caf52b54 100644
--- a/rcdom/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rcdom/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@ tendril = { workspace = true }
 xml5ever = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+criterion = { workspace = true }
 env_logger = { workspace = true }
 libtest-mimic = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 
+[[bench]]
+name = "deserialize-serialize"
+harness = false
+
 [[test]]
 name = "html-tokenizer"
 harness = false
diff --git a/rcdom/benches/deserialize-serialize.rs b/rcdom/benches/deserialize-serialize.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a07b5019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rcdom/benches/deserialize-serialize.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate criterion;
+extern crate html5ever;
+
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::{fs, io};
+
+use criterion::{BatchSize, Criterion};
+
+use html5ever::{parse_document, tendril::*, ParseOpts};
+use markup5ever_rcdom::{RcDom, SerializableHandle};
+
+fn bench_deserialize_with_path(criterion: &mut Criterion, path: &PathBuf) {
+    let test_name = format!("deserialize {:?}", path.file_name().unwrap());
+    let data = fs::read(path).expect("Could not read test file");
+
+    criterion.bench_function(&test_name, move |bencher| {
+        bencher.iter_batched(
+            || (),
+            |_| {
+                std::hint::black_box(deserialize_to_rcdom(&data));
+            },
+            BatchSize::SmallInput,
+        )
+    });
+}
+
+fn bench_serialize_with_path(criterion: &mut Criterion, path: &PathBuf) {
+    let test_name = format!("serialize {:?}", path.file_name().unwrap());
+    let data = fs::read(path).expect("Could not read test file");
+    let dom = deserialize_to_rcdom(&data);
+
+    criterion.bench_function(&test_name, move |bencher| {
+        bencher.iter_batched(
+            || Vec::with_capacity(data.len() * 2),
+            |mut output| {
+                serialize_rcdom(&dom, &mut output);
+                std::hint::black_box(output);
+            },
+            BatchSize::SmallInput,
+        )
+    });
+}
+
+fn deserialize_to_rcdom(stream: &[u8]) -> RcDom {
+    parse_document(RcDom::default(), ParseOpts::default())
+        .from_utf8()
+        .read_from(&mut io::Cursor::new(stream))
+        .expect("Failed to parse document")
+}
+
+fn serialize_rcdom(dom: &RcDom, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+    let document: SerializableHandle = dom.document.clone().into();
+    html5ever::serialize(out, &document, Default::default()).expect("Failed to serialize document");
+}
+
+fn paths() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let mut base_path = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    base_path.pop();
+
+    let make_path = |name| {
+        base_path
+            .join("html5ever")
+            .join("data")
+            .join("bench")
+            .join(name)
+    };
+
+    vec![
+        make_path("lipsum.html"),
+        make_path("lipsum-zh.html"),
+        make_path("medium-fragment.html"),
+        make_path("small-fragment.html"),
+        make_path("tiny-fragment.html"),
+        make_path("strong.html"),
+    ]
+}
+
+fn bench_deserialize(criterion: &mut Criterion) {
+    for path in paths() {
+        bench_deserialize_with_path(criterion, &path);
+    }
+}
+
+fn bench_serialize(criterion: &mut Criterion) {
+    for path in paths() {
+        bench_serialize_with_path(criterion, &path);
+    }
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, bench_deserialize, bench_serialize);
+criterion_main!(benches);