diff --git a/src/Makefile.bench.include b/src/Makefile.bench.include
index 25ebad7b6c..6ebf4ac8c4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.bench.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.bench.include
@@ -1,79 +1,80 @@
 # 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_TEST_FILES = \
   bench/data/block413567.raw
 GENERATED_TEST_FILES = $(RAW_TEST_FILES:.raw=.raw.h)
 
 bench_bench_bitcoin_SOURCES = \
   bench/bench_bitcoin.cpp \
   bench/bench.cpp \
   bench/bench.h \
+  bench/cashaddr.cpp \
   bench/checkblock.cpp \
   bench/checkqueue.cpp \
   bench/Examples.cpp \
   bench/rollingbloom.cpp \
   bench/crypto_hash.cpp \
   bench/ccoins_caching.cpp \
   bench/mempool_eviction.cpp \
   bench/base58.cpp \
   bench/lockedpool.cpp \
   bench/perf.cpp \
   bench/perf.h \
   bench/prevector_destructor.cpp
 
 nodist_bench_bench_bitcoin_SOURCES = $(GENERATED_TEST_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_COMMON) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_CONSENSUS) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) \
   $(LIBLEVELDB) \
   $(LIBLEVELDB_SSE42) \
   $(LIBMEMENV) \
   $(LIBSECP256K1) \
   $(LIBUNIVALUE)
 
 if ENABLE_ZMQ
 bench_bench_bitcoin_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_ZMQ) $(ZMQ_LIBS)
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_WALLET
 bench_bench_bitcoin_SOURCES += bench/coin_selection.cpp
 bench_bench_bitcoin_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_WALLET) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO)
 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_TEST_FILES)
 
 CLEANFILES += $(CLEAN_BITCOIN_BENCH)
 
 bench/checkblock.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)[] = {" && \
 	 $(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/cashaddr.cpp b/src/bench/cashaddr.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c258a19f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench/cashaddr.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include "cashaddr.h"
+#include "bench.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+static void CashAddrEncode(benchmark::State &state) {
+    std::vector<uint8_t> buffer = {17,  79, 8,   99,  150, 189, 208, 162,
+                                   22,  23, 203, 163, 36,  58,  147, 227,
+                                   139, 2,  215, 100, 91,  38,  11,  141,
+                                   253, 40, 117, 21,  16,  90,  200, 24};
+    while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+        cashaddr::Encode("bitcoincash", buffer);
+    }
+}
+
+static void CashAddrDecode(benchmark::State &state) {
+    const char *addrWithPrefix =
+        "bitcoincash:qprnwmr02d7ky9m693qufj5mgkpf4wvssv0w86tkjd";
+    const char *addrNoPrefix = "qprnwmr02d7ky9m693qufj5mgkpf4wvssv0w86tkjd";
+    while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+        cashaddr::Decode(addrWithPrefix, "bitcoincash");
+        cashaddr::Decode(addrNoPrefix, "bitcoincash");
+    }
+}
+
+BENCHMARK(CashAddrEncode);
+BENCHMARK(CashAddrDecode);