diff --git a/compression_test.go b/compression_test.go
index cad70fb5..ba394828 100644
--- a/compression_test.go
+++ b/compression_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package websocket
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -29,3 +31,36 @@ func TestTruncWriter(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func textMessages(num int) [][]byte {
+	messages := make([][]byte, num)
+	for i := 0; i < num; i++ {
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("planet: %d, country: %d, city: %d, street: %d", i, i, i, i)
+		messages[i] = []byte(msg)
+	}
+	return messages
+}
+
+func BenchmarkWriteNoCompression(b *testing.B) {
+	w := ioutil.Discard
+	c := newConn(fakeNetConn{Reader: nil, Writer: w}, false, 1024, 1024)
+	messages := textMessages(100)
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		c.WriteMessage(TextMessage, messages[i%len(messages)])
+	}
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+}
+
+func BenchmarkWriteWithCompression(b *testing.B) {
+	w := ioutil.Discard
+	c := newConn(fakeNetConn{Reader: nil, Writer: w}, false, 1024, 1024)
+	messages := textMessages(100)
+	c.enableWriteCompression = true
+	c.newCompressionWriter = compressNoContextTakeover
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		c.WriteMessage(TextMessage, messages[i%len(messages)])
+	}
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+}