diff --git a/src/bench_schnorrsig.c b/src/bench_schnorrsig.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..315f5af28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench_schnorrsig.c
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Andrew Poelstra, Jonas Nick                *
+ * Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying   *
+ * file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.*
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+
+#include "include/secp256k1.h"
+#include "include/secp256k1_schnorrsig.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "bench.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    secp256k1_context *ctx;
+    int n;
+
+    const secp256k1_keypair **keypairs;
+    const unsigned char **pk;
+    const unsigned char **sigs;
+    const unsigned char **msgs;
+} bench_schnorrsig_data;
+
+void bench_schnorrsig_sign(void* arg, int iters) {
+    bench_schnorrsig_data *data = (bench_schnorrsig_data *)arg;
+    int i;
+    unsigned char msg[32] = "benchmarkexamplemessagetemplate";
+    unsigned char sig[64];
+
+    for (i = 0; i < iters; i++) {
+        msg[0] = i;
+        msg[1] = i >> 8;
+        CHECK(secp256k1_schnorrsig_sign(data->ctx, sig, msg, data->keypairs[i], NULL, NULL));
+    }
+}
+
+void bench_schnorrsig_verify(void* arg, int iters) {
+    bench_schnorrsig_data *data = (bench_schnorrsig_data *)arg;
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < iters; i++) {
+        secp256k1_xonly_pubkey pk;
+        CHECK(secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_parse(data->ctx, &pk, data->pk[i]) == 1);
+        CHECK(secp256k1_schnorrsig_verify(data->ctx, data->sigs[i], data->msgs[i], &pk));
+    }
+}
+
+int main(void) {
+    int i;
+    bench_schnorrsig_data data;
+    int iters = get_iters(10000);
+
+    data.ctx = secp256k1_context_create(SECP256K1_CONTEXT_VERIFY | SECP256K1_CONTEXT_SIGN);
+    data.keypairs = (const secp256k1_keypair **)malloc(iters * sizeof(secp256k1_keypair *));
+    data.pk = (const unsigned char **)malloc(iters * sizeof(unsigned char *));
+    data.msgs = (const unsigned char **)malloc(iters * sizeof(unsigned char *));
+    data.sigs = (const unsigned char **)malloc(iters * sizeof(unsigned char *));
+
+    for (i = 0; i < iters; i++) {
+        unsigned char sk[32];
+        unsigned char *msg = (unsigned char *)malloc(32);
+        unsigned char *sig = (unsigned char *)malloc(64);
+        secp256k1_keypair *keypair = (secp256k1_keypair *)malloc(sizeof(*keypair));
+        unsigned char *pk_char = (unsigned char *)malloc(32);
+        secp256k1_xonly_pubkey pk;
+        msg[0] = sk[0] = i;
+        msg[1] = sk[1] = i >> 8;
+        msg[2] = sk[2] = i >> 16;
+        msg[3] = sk[3] = i >> 24;
+        memset(&msg[4], 'm', 28);
+        memset(&sk[4], 's', 28);
+
+        data.keypairs[i] = keypair;
+        data.pk[i] = pk_char;
+        data.msgs[i] = msg;
+        data.sigs[i] = sig;
+
+        CHECK(secp256k1_keypair_create(data.ctx, keypair, sk));
+        CHECK(secp256k1_schnorrsig_sign(data.ctx, sig, msg, keypair, NULL, NULL));
+        CHECK(secp256k1_keypair_xonly_pub(data.ctx, &pk, NULL, keypair));
+        CHECK(secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_serialize(data.ctx, pk_char, &pk) == 1);
+    }
+
+    run_benchmark("schnorrsig_sign", bench_schnorrsig_sign, NULL, NULL, (void *) &data, 10, iters);
+    run_benchmark("schnorrsig_verify", bench_schnorrsig_verify, NULL, NULL, (void *) &data, 10, iters);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < iters; i++) {
+        free((void *)data.keypairs[i]);
+        free((void *)data.pk[i]);
+        free((void *)data.msgs[i]);
+        free((void *)data.sigs[i]);
+    }
+    free(data.keypairs);
+    free(data.pk);
+    free(data.msgs);
+    free(data.sigs);
+
+    secp256k1_context_destroy(data.ctx);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/schnorrsig/Makefile.am.include b/src/modules/schnorrsig/Makefile.am.include
index 0efafa8a17..a82bafe43f 100644
--- a/src/modules/schnorrsig/Makefile.am.include
+++ b/src/modules/schnorrsig/Makefile.am.include
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 include_HEADERS += include/secp256k1_schnorrsig.h
 noinst_HEADERS += src/modules/schnorrsig/main_impl.h
-noinst_HEADERS += src/modules/schnorrsig/tests_impl.h
\ No newline at end of file
+noinst_HEADERS += src/modules/schnorrsig/tests_impl.h
+if USE_BENCHMARK
+noinst_PROGRAMS += bench_schnorrsig
+bench_schnorrsig_SOURCES = src/bench_schnorrsig.c
+bench_schnorrsig_LDADD = libsecp256k1.la $(SECP_LIBS) $(COMMON_LIB)
+endif