diff --git a/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks/BroadcastBenchmark.cs b/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks/BroadcastBenchmark.cs
index 48e55e1ec8..5d5191430e 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks/BroadcastBenchmark.cs
+++ b/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks/BroadcastBenchmark.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks
 {
     public class BroadcastBenchmark
     {
+        private const string TestGroupName = "TestGroup";
         private DefaultHubLifetimeManager<Hub> _hubLifetimeManager;
         private HubContext<Hub> _hubContext;
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks
                 var hubConnection = new HubConnectionContext(connection, Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan, NullLoggerFactory.Instance);
                 hubConnection.Protocol = protocol;
                 _hubLifetimeManager.OnConnectedAsync(hubConnection).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                _hubLifetimeManager.AddGroupAsync(connection.ConnectionId, TestGroupName).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
                 _ = ConsumeAsync(connection.Application);
             }
@@ -54,6 +56,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks
             _hubContext = new HubContext<Hub>(_hubLifetimeManager);
         }
 
+        [Benchmark]
+        public Task SendAsyncGroup()
+        {
+            return _hubContext.Clients.Group(TestGroupName).SendAsync("Method");
+        }
+
         [Benchmark]
         public Task SendAsyncAll()
         {