diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a906b8b4..1e277413 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,3 +58,7 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "deserialize"
 harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "sha256_hash"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benches/sha256_hash.rs b/benches/sha256_hash.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25ba3a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/sha256_hash.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+
+use clvmr::sha2::Sha256;
+
+const BYTE_LENGTHS: [u8; 6] = [8, 16, 32, 64, 96, 128];
+const MAX_VAL: u8 = 250;
+
+fn gen_bytes(value: u8, amount: u8) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+    for _ in 0..amount {
+        bytes.push(value);
+    }
+    bytes
+}
+
+fn hash_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> [u8; 32] {
+    let mut sha256 = Sha256::new();
+    sha256.update(bytes);
+    sha256.finalize()
+}
+
+fn sha256_hash_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    // setup benchmark
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("sha256_hash");
+
+    group.bench_function("hash_benchmark", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            // this figures out how many iterations to run.
+            for val in 0..MAX_VAL {
+                for len in BYTE_LENGTHS {
+                    let bytes = gen_bytes(val, len);
+                    hash_bytes(&bytes);
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    });
+    // create
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(sha256_hash, sha256_hash_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(sha256_hash);