diff --git a/bench/Main.hs b/bench/Main.hs
index 3435f3d..f9c1148 100644
--- a/bench/Main.hs
+++ b/bench/Main.hs
@@ -2,9 +2,50 @@
 
 module Main where
 
+import Control.Monad
 import Criterion.Main
+import Data.Text
+import HaskellWorks.Data.Json.LightJson
+import HaskellWorks.Data.Positioning
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString                             as BS
+import qualified Data.List                                   as L
+import qualified HaskellWorks.Data.ByteString                as BS
+import qualified HaskellWorks.Data.Json.Standard.Cursor.Fast as JCF
+import qualified System.Directory                            as IO
+
+countLightJsonEntryNodes :: [(Text, JCF.Cursor)] -> Count
+countLightJsonEntryNodes _ = 0
+
+countLightJsonNodes :: LightJson JCF.Cursor -> Count
+countLightJsonNodes j = case j of
+  LightJsonString _   -> 1
+  LightJsonNumber _   -> 1
+  LightJsonObject kvs -> 1 + sum (fmap (countLightJsonNodes . lightJsonAt . snd ) kvs )
+  LightJsonArray es   -> 1 + sum (fmap (countLightJsonNodes . lightJsonAt       ) es  )
+  LightJsonBool _     -> 1
+  LightJsonNull       -> 1
+  LightJsonError _    -> 1
+
+getBenchmarkJsonFiles :: IO [FilePath]
+getBenchmarkJsonFiles = do
+  entries <- IO.listDirectory "data/bench"
+  return $ L.sort (("data/bench/" ++) <$> (".json" `L.isSuffixOf`) `L.filter` entries)
+
+runCount :: BS.ByteString -> Count
+runCount bs = countLightJsonNodes (lightJsonAt c)
+  where ibip = JCF.simdToIbBp bs
+        c    = JCF.fromBsIbBp bs ibip
+
+mkBenchCount :: [FilePath] -> IO Benchmark
+mkBenchCount files = do
+  benchmarks <- forM files $ \file -> return (env (BS.mmap file) $ \bs -> bench file (whnf runCount bs))
+  return $ bgroup "Count nodes" benchmarks
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-  benchmarks <- mconcat <$> sequence mempty
+  benchmarkFiles <- getBenchmarkJsonFiles
+  benchmarks <- sequence
+    [ mkBenchCount benchmarkFiles
+    ]
   defaultMain benchmarks
diff --git a/data/bench/README.md b/data/bench/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e6b659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/bench/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop *.json files here for benchmarking
diff --git a/hw-json.cabal b/hw-json.cabal
index 3ea2062..0467d51 100644
--- a/hw-json.cabal
+++ b/hw-json.cabal
@@ -219,9 +219,14 @@ benchmark bench
                       , bytestring
                       , criterion
                       , directory
+                      , dlist
+                      , generic-lens
                       , hw-json
                       , hw-json-standard-cursor
+                      , hw-prim
                       , mmap
+                      , text
+                      , vector
   type:                 exitcode-stdio-1.0
   main-is:              Main.hs
   hs-source-dirs:       bench
diff --git a/project.sh b/project.sh
index d3cf215..695cb5a 100755
--- a/project.sh
+++ b/project.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ cabal-install() {
 
 cabal-build() {
   cabal v2-build \
+    --enable-benchmarks \
     --enable-tests \
     --write-ghc-environment-files=ghc8.4.4+ \
     $CABAL_FLAGS "$@"