diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cfa25ee7fc..9432c1a8b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ project.lock.json
 .vs/
 launchSettings.json
 global.json
-.vscode/*
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/*
+BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Razor.sln b/Razor.sln
index 1d601dcf19..aa9672ac9a 100644
--- a/Razor.sln
+++ b/Razor.sln
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
 # Visual Studio 15
-VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.26327.1
+VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.26228.9
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "src", "src", "{3C0D6505-79B3-49D0-B4C3-176F0F1836ED}"
 EndProject
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Ra
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.Common", "test\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.Common\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.Common.csproj", "{078AEF36-F319-4CE2-BAA2-5B58A6536B46}"
 EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance", "test\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance.csproj", "{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -191,6 +193,14 @@ Global
 		{078AEF36-F319-4CE2-BAA2-5B58A6536B46}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{078AEF36-F319-4CE2-BAA2-5B58A6536B46}.ReleaseNoVSIX|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{078AEF36-F319-4CE2-BAA2-5B58A6536B46}.ReleaseNoVSIX|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58}.DebugNoVSIX|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58}.DebugNoVSIX|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58}.ReleaseNoVSIX|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58}.ReleaseNoVSIX|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -213,5 +223,6 @@ Global
 		{995F2FEB-65FA-4399-B1C0-16E0B3FBDB15} = {3C0D6505-79B3-49D0-B4C3-176F0F1836ED}
 		{7CFD5646-A757-4498-9E01-9C8528ED60AE} = {92463391-81BE-462B-AC3C-78C6C760741F}
 		{078AEF36-F319-4CE2-BAA2-5B58A6536B46} = {92463391-81BE-462B-AC3C-78C6C760741F}
+		{82C23CF8-95FF-40F7-BF50-3AD9EE21ED58} = {92463391-81BE-462B-AC3C-78C6C760741F}
 	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 693cddb8a8..19a7748477 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AspNetCoreVersion>2.0.0-*</AspNetCoreVersion>
+    <BenchmarkDotNetVersion>0.10.3</BenchmarkDotNetVersion>
     <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
     <InternalAspNetCoreSdkVersion>2.0.0-*</InternalAspNetCoreSdkVersion>
     <JsonNetVersion>10.0.1</JsonNetVersion>
diff --git a/build/repo.props b/build/repo.props
index d20e299892..f8da117175 100644
--- a/build/repo.props
+++ b/build/repo.props
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ExcludeFromTest Include="$(RepositoryRoot)test\Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.Test\Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.Test.csproj" Condition="'$(OS)'!='Windows_NT'" />
     <ExcludeFromTest Include="$(RepositoryRoot)test\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.Common\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.Common.csproj" />
+    <ExcludeFromTest Include="$(RepositoryRoot)test\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/Configs/CoreConfig.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/Configs/CoreConfig.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e93e361c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/Configs/CoreConfig.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Columns;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Configs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnosers;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Engines;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Validators;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance
+{
+    public class CoreConfig : ManualConfig
+    {
+        public CoreConfig()
+        {
+            Add(JitOptimizationsValidator.FailOnError);
+            Add(MemoryDiagnoser.Default);
+            Add(StatisticColumn.OperationsPerSecond);
+
+            Add(Job.Default
+                .With(BenchmarkDotNet.Environments.Runtime.Core)
+                .WithRemoveOutliers(false)
+                .With(new GcMode() { Server = true })
+                .With(RunStrategy.Throughput)
+                .WithLaunchCount(3)
+                .WithWarmupCount(5)
+                .WithTargetCount(10));
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..268a7edd83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+    <!-- 
+        This is required right now for BenchmarkDotNet to restore the benchmarks. It is NOT ok to move this into
+        an imported .props file. See https://github.com/dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet/issues/406
+        -->
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>2.0.0-*</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="$(BenchmarkDotNetVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/Program.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9191a1098c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance
+{
+    public class Program
+    {
+        public static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            BenchmarkSwitcher.FromAssembly(typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly).Run(args);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/readme.md b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38ce0ff71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Performance/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Compile the solution in Release mode (so binaries are available in release)
+
+To run a specific benchmark add it as parameter.
+```
+dotnet run -c Release <benchmark_name>
+```
+
+If you run without any parameters, you'll be offered the list of all benchmarks and get to choose.
+```
+dotnet run -c Release
+```
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