diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 62e9193..9f7958f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ testing = [
   "pytest-cov>=6.0.0,<7",
   "pytest-xdist>=3.6.1,<4",
   "hypothesis>=6.119.4,<7",
+  "pytest-codspeed>=4.0.0<5",
 ]
 
 linting = [
diff --git a/tests/test_huffman_benchmark.py b/tests/test_huffman_benchmark.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9b1530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_huffman_benchmark.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from hpack import HPACKDecodingError
+from hpack.huffman import HuffmanEncoder
+from hpack.huffman_constants import REQUEST_CODES, REQUEST_CODES_LENGTH
+from hpack.huffman_table import decode_huffman
+
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
+import pytest
+
+class TestHuffmanEncoderBenchmark:
+
+    @pytest.mark.benchmark
+    def test_request_huffman_encode(self):
+        encoder = HuffmanEncoder(REQUEST_CODES, REQUEST_CODES_LENGTH)
+        assert (
+            encoder.encode(b"www.example.com") ==
+            b'\xf1\xe3\xc2\xe5\xf2:k\xa0\xab\x90\xf4\xff'
+        )
+        assert encoder.encode(b"no-cache") == b'\xa8\xeb\x10d\x9c\xbf'
+        assert encoder.encode(b"custom-key") == b'%\xa8I\xe9[\xa9}\x7f'
+        assert (
+            encoder.encode(b"custom-value") == b'%\xa8I\xe9[\xb8\xe8\xb4\xbf'
+        )
+
+
+    @pytest.mark.benchmark
+    def test_request_huffman_encoder_under_heavy_threading(self):
+        INPUTS = [
+            b"www.example.com",
+            b"no-cache",
+            b"custom-key",
+            b"custom-value"
+        ] * 50 # 200 Entries to simulate heavy traffic
+
+        ANSWERS = {
+            b'\xf1\xe3\xc2\xe5\xf2:k\xa0\xab\x90\xf4\xff', 
+            b'\xa8\xeb\x10d\x9c\xbf', 
+            b'%\xa8I\xe9[\xa9}\x7f', 
+            b'%\xa8I\xe9[\xb8\xe8\xb4\xbf'
+        }
+        encoder = HuffmanEncoder(REQUEST_CODES, REQUEST_CODES_LENGTH)
+        
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(2) as te:
+            for answer in te.map(encoder.encode, INPUTS):
+                assert answer in ANSWERS
+
+
+
+
+class TestHuffmanDecoderBenchmark:
+
+    # 3.13t cannot use pytest-codspeed due to cffi-2.0 
+    # so using markers was the best solution
+    @pytest.mark.benchmark
+    def test_request_huffman_decoder(self):
+        assert (
+        decode_huffman(b'\xf1\xe3\xc2\xe5\xf2:k\xa0\xab\x90\xf4\xff') ==
+            b"www.example.com"
+        )
+        assert decode_huffman(b'\xa8\xeb\x10d\x9c\xbf') == b"no-cache"
+        assert decode_huffman(b'%\xa8I\xe9[\xa9}\x7f') == b"custom-key"
+        assert (
+            decode_huffman(b'%\xa8I\xe9[\xb8\xe8\xb4\xbf') == b"custom-value"
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.benchmark
+    def test_request_huffman_decoder_under_heavy_threading(self):
+        # Trying to ensure that huffman decoder is threadsafe and can work under heavy traffic
+        # SEE: https://github.com/python-hyper/hpack/issues/284
+        INPUTS = [
+            b'\xf1\xe3\xc2\xe5\xf2:k\xa0\xab\x90\xf4\xff', 
+            b'\xa8\xeb\x10d\x9c\xbf', 
+            b'%\xa8I\xe9[\xa9}\x7f', 
+            b'%\xa8I\xe9[\xb8\xe8\xb4\xbf'
+        ] * 50 # 200 entries should be enough to simulate heavy loads to rip through
+        ANSWERS = {
+            b"www.example.com",
+            b"no-cache",
+            b"custom-key",
+            b"custom-value"
+        }
+
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(2) as te:
+            for answer in te.map(decode_huffman, INPUTS):
+                assert answer in ANSWERS
+