diff --git a/src/Makefile.bench.include b/src/Makefile.bench.include
index ecc6c6a31c..aea01f04e3 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.bench.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.bench.include
@@ -1,95 +1,96 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2015-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 bin_PROGRAMS += bench/bench_bitcoin
 BENCH_SRCDIR = bench
 BENCH_BINARY = bench/bench_bitcoin$(EXEEXT)
 
 RAW_BENCH_FILES = \
   bench/data/block413567.raw
 GENERATED_BENCH_FILES = $(RAW_BENCH_FILES:.raw=.raw.h)
 
 bench_bench_bitcoin_SOURCES = \
   $(RAW_BENCH_FILES) \
   bench/bench_bitcoin.cpp \
   bench/bench.cpp \
   bench/bench.h \
   bench/block_assemble.cpp \
   bench/cashaddr.cpp \
   bench/checkblock.cpp \
   bench/checkqueue.cpp \
   bench/data.h \
   bench/data.cpp \
   bench/duplicate_inputs.cpp \
   bench/examples.cpp \
   bench/rollingbloom.cpp \
   bench/crypto_aes.cpp \
   bench/crypto_hash.cpp \
   bench/ccoins_caching.cpp \
   bench/gcs_filter.cpp \
   bench/merkle_root.cpp \
   bench/mempool_eviction.cpp \
+  bench/rpc_blockchain.cpp \
   bench/rpc_mempool.cpp \
   bench/util_time.cpp \
   bench/base58.cpp \
   bench/lockedpool.cpp \
   bench/prevector.cpp \
   test/setup_common.h \
   test/setup_common.cpp \
   test/util.h \
   test/util.cpp
 
 nodist_bench_bench_bitcoin_SOURCES = $(GENERATED_BENCH_FILES)
 
 bench_bench_bitcoin_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES) $(EVENT_CLFAGS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_CFLAGS) -I$(builddir)/bench/
 bench_bench_bitcoin_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PIE_FLAGS)
 bench_bench_bitcoin_LDADD = \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_SERVER) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_WALLET) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_SERVER) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_CONSENSUS) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) \
   $(LIBLEVELDB) \
   $(LIBLEVELDB_SSE42) \
   $(LIBMEMENV) \
   $(LIBSECP256K1) \
   $(LIBUNIVALUE) \
   $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) \
   $(EVENT_LIBS)
 
 if ENABLE_ZMQ
 bench_bench_bitcoin_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_ZMQ) $(ZMQ_LIBS)
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_WALLET
 bench_bench_bitcoin_SOURCES += bench/coin_selection.cpp
 endif
 
 bench_bench_bitcoin_LDADD += $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(SSL_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS)
 bench_bench_bitcoin_LDFLAGS = $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS)
 
 CLEAN_BITCOIN_BENCH = bench/*.gcda bench/*.gcno $(GENERATED_BENCH_FILES)
 
 CLEANFILES += $(CLEAN_BITCOIN_BENCH)
 
 bench/data.cpp: bench/data/block413567.raw.h
 
 bitcoin_bench: $(BENCH_BINARY)
 
 bench: $(BENCH_BINARY) FORCE
 	$(BENCH_BINARY)
 
 bitcoin_bench_clean : FORCE
 	rm -f $(CLEAN_BITCOIN_BENCH) $(bench_bench_bitcoin_OBJECTS) $(BENCH_BINARY)
 
 %.raw.h: %.raw
 	@$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
 	@{ \
 	 echo "static unsigned const char $(*F)_raw[] = {" && \
 	 $(HEXDUMP) -v -e '8/1 "0x%02x, "' -e '"\n"' $< | $(SED) -e 's/0x  ,//g' && \
 	 echo "};"; \
 	} > "$@.new" && mv -f "$@.new" "$@"
 	@echo "Generated $@"
diff --git a/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt
index e68d1eccd1..85a1667987 100644
--- a/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,75 +1,76 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin developers
 
 project(bitcoin-bench)
 
 set(BENCH_DATA_RAW_FILES
 	data/block413567.raw
 )
 
 # Process raw files.
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data")
 
 foreach(_raw_file ${BENCH_DATA_RAW_FILES})
 	string(APPEND
 		_generated_header_output
 		"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_raw_file}" ".h"
 	)
 
 	list(APPEND BENCH_DATA_GENERATED_HEADERS ${_generated_header_output})
 	get_filename_component(_test_name ${_raw_file} NAME_WE)
 
 	add_custom_command(
 		OUTPUT "${_generated_header_output}"
 		COMMAND
 			"${Python_EXECUTABLE}"
 			"data/convert-raw-to-header.py"
 			"${_test_name}"
 			"${_raw_file}" > "${_generated_header_output}"
 		COMMENT "Transforming raw file ${_raw_file} into header"
 		MAIN_DEPEDENCY "${_raw_file}"
 		DEPENDS "data/convert-raw-to-header.py"
 		VERBATIM
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
 	)
 endforeach()
 
 add_executable(bitcoin-bench
 	base58.cpp
 	bench.cpp
 	bench_bitcoin.cpp
 	block_assemble.cpp
 	cashaddr.cpp
 	ccoins_caching.cpp
 	checkblock.cpp
 	checkqueue.cpp
 	crypto_aes.cpp
 	crypto_hash.cpp
 	data.cpp
 	duplicate_inputs.cpp
 	examples.cpp
 	gcs_filter.cpp
 	lockedpool.cpp
 	mempool_eviction.cpp
 	merkle_root.cpp
 	prevector.cpp
 	rollingbloom.cpp
+	rpc_blockchain.cpp
 	rpc_mempool.cpp
 	util_time.cpp
 
 	# TODO: make a test library
 	../test/setup_common.cpp
 	../test/util.cpp
 
 
 	# Add the generated headers to trigger the conversion command
 	${BENCH_DATA_GENERATED_HEADERS}
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(bitcoin-bench common bitcoinconsensus server)
 
 if(BUILD_BITCOIN_WALLET)
 	target_sources(bitcoin-bench PRIVATE coin_selection.cpp)
 	target_link_libraries(bitcoin-bench wallet)
 endif()
 
 add_custom_target(bench-bitcoin COMMAND bitcoin-bench USES_TERMINAL)
diff --git a/src/bench/rpc_blockchain.cpp b/src/bench/rpc_blockchain.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6242817bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench/rpc_blockchain.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <bench/bench.h>
+#include <bench/data.h>
+
+#include <rpc/blockchain.h>
+#include <streams.h>
+#include <validation.h>
+
+#include <univalue.h>
+
+static void BlockToJsonVerbose(benchmark::State &state) {
+    CDataStream stream(benchmark::data::block413567, SER_NETWORK,
+                       PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+    char a = '\0';
+    // Prevent compaction
+    stream.write(&a, 1);
+
+    CBlock block;
+    stream >> block;
+
+    CBlockIndex blockindex;
+    const auto blockHash = block.GetHash();
+    blockindex.phashBlock = &blockHash;
+    blockindex.nBits = 403014710;
+
+    while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+        (void)blockToJSON(block, &blockindex, &blockindex, /*verbose*/ true);
+    }
+}
+
+BENCHMARK(BlockToJsonVerbose, 10);