diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 84b5562..9588829 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
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+ "is-terminal",
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+ "num-traits",
+ "once_cell",
+ "oorandom",
+ "plotters",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
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+ "criterion",
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+ "serde",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
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+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-backend",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -407,6 +809,15 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+]
+
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  "cfg-if",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f35575b..337076b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,3 +28,10 @@ features = [
   "Win32_UI_Shell",
   "Win32_UI_Shell_PropertiesSystem",
 ]
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["html_reports"] }
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "benchmark"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benches/benchmark.rs b/benches/benchmark.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..068a210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/benchmark.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use jxl_winthumb::JXLWICBitmapDecoder;
+use windows::Win32::Graphics::Imaging::*;
+use windows::Win32::System::Com::CoInitialize;
+use windows::Win32::UI::Shell::SHCreateMemStream;
+
+fn basic() {
+    unsafe { CoInitialize(None) }.ok().expect("CoInitialize");
+
+    let mem = std::fs::read("tests/alien.jxl").expect("Read the test file");
+    let stream = unsafe { SHCreateMemStream(Some(&mem[..])) }.expect("Create an IStream");
+    let decoder: IWICBitmapDecoder = JXLWICBitmapDecoder::default().into();
+    unsafe { decoder.Initialize(&stream, WICDecodeOptions(0)) }.expect("Initialize the decoder");
+    unsafe { decoder.GetFrame(0) }.expect("Get the first frame");
+}
+
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("alien.jxl", |b| b.iter(|| basic()));
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);