diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b0d931a9a..9cb1e724b9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ WRAPPER = $(subst run_,,$(RUN_BENCH_TARGET))
 PACKAGES = \
 	cpdf menhir minilight camlimages yojson lwt alt-ergo zarith \
 	js_of_ocaml-compiler uuidm react ocplib-endian nbcodec checkseum decompress \
-	sexplib0 irmin-mem
+	sexplib0 irmin-mem data-encoding
 
 DEPENDENCIES = libgmp-dev libdw-dev jq python3-pip # Ubuntu
 PIP_DEPENDENCIES = intervaltree
diff --git a/benchmarks/data_encoding/de_basic.ml b/benchmarks/data_encoding/de_basic.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cd4bed66a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/data_encoding/de_basic.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+let seed = int_of_string Sys.argv.(1)
+let width = int_of_string Sys.argv.(2)
+let depth = int_of_string Sys.argv.(3)
+
+let prng = Random.State.make [| seed |]
+
+type box = {a: int64; b: int32;}
+let box_e =
+  let open Data_encoding in
+  obj2
+    (req "sixty-four" int64)
+    (req "thirty-two" int32)
+
+let box () = {
+  a = Random.State.int64 prng Int64.max_int;
+  b = Random.State.int32 prng Int32.max_int;
+}
+let option f () = if Random.State.bool prng then Some (f ()) else None
+let rec list n f acc =
+  if n <= 0 then
+    acc
+  else
+    list (n - 1) f (f () :: acc)
+let list n f () = list n f []
+
+let t () = list depth (list width (option box)) ()
+
+type t = box option list list
+let e =
+  let open Data_encoding in
+  list (dynamic_size @@ list (dynamic_size option box_e))
+
+let () =
+  let v = t () in
+  let b = Data_encoding.Binary.to_bytes_exn e v in
+  let vv = Data_encoding.Binary.of_bytes_exn e b in
+  assert (v = vv)
diff --git a/benchmarks/data_encoding/dune b/benchmarks/data_encoding/dune
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb050bf25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/data_encoding/dune
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+(executable
+  (name de_basic)
+  (modules de_basic)
+  (libraries data-encoding)
+)
+
+(alias (name buildbench) (deps data_encoding_basic.exe))
diff --git a/dependencies/packages/data-encoding/data-encoding.0.2/opam b/dependencies/packages/data-encoding/data-encoding.0.2/opam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7768da664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/packages/data-encoding/data-encoding.0.2/opam
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+opam-version: "2.0"
+maintainer: "contact@nomadic-labs.com"
+authors: [ "Nomadic Labs" ]
+homepage: "https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/data-encoding"
+bug-reports: "https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/data-encoding/issues"
+dev-repo: "git+https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/data-encoding.git"
+license: "MIT"
+depends: [
+  "ocaml" { >= "4.07" }
+  "dune" { >= "1.7" }
+  "ezjsonm"
+  "zarith"
+  "json-data-encoding" { = "0.8" }
+  "json-data-encoding-bson" { = "0.8" }
+  "alcotest" { with-test }
+  "crowbar" { with-test }
+]
+build: [
+  ["dune" "build" "-p" name "-j" jobs]
+  ["dune" "runtest" "-p" name "-j" jobs] {with-test}
+]
+synopsis: "Library of JSON and binary encoding combinators"
+url {
+  src:
+    "https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/data-encoding/-/archive/0.2/data-encoding-0.2.tar.gz"
+  checksum: [
+    "md5=c3573f2f066f61437feb6d33d476ee09"
+    "sha512=d9b95c0b4655930d590a78288edad50fbb845dfff1d2378c11e7f7b2499a70380af2edf289f24145f58c92091195f8326bf51efdb980cd221c22357f9919c37c"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/dependencies/packages/ezjsonm/ezjsonm.1.1.0/opam b/dependencies/packages/ezjsonm/ezjsonm.1.1.0/opam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c35b4f85f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/packages/ezjsonm/ezjsonm.1.1.0/opam
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+opam-version: "2.0"
+maintainer: "thomas@gazagnaire.org"
+authors: "Thomas Gazagnaire"
+license: "ISC"
+tags: ["org:mirage" "org:ocamllabs"]
+homepage: "https://github.com/mirage/ezjsonm"
+doc: "https://mirage.github.io/ezjsonm/"
+bug-reports: "https://github.com/mirage/ezjsonm/issues"
+depends: [
+  "ocaml" {>="4.03.0"}
+  "dune" {>= "1.0"}
+  "alcotest" {with-test & >= "0.4.0"}
+  "jsonm" {>= "1.0.0"}
+  "sexplib" {< "v0.14"}
+  "hex"
+]
+build: [
+  ["dune" "subst"] {pinned}
+  ["dune" "build" "-p" name "-j" jobs]
+]
+dev-repo: "git+https://github.com/mirage/ezjsonm.git"
+synopsis: "Simple interface on top of the Jsonm JSON library"
+description: """
+Ezjsonm provides more convenient (but far less flexible)
+input and output functions that go to and from `string` values.
+This avoids the need to write signal code, which is useful for
+quick scripts that manipulate JSON.
+
+More advanced users should go straight to the Jsonm library and
+use it directly, rather than be saddled with the Ezjsonm interface.
+"""
+url {
+  src:
+    "https://github.com/mirage/ezjsonm/releases/download/v1.1.0/ezjsonm-v1.1.0.tbz"
+  checksum: "md5=e8f207c6cd2226b2c4784b1e56556797"
+}
diff --git a/dependencies/packages/json-data-encoding-bson/json-data-encoding-bson.0.8/opam b/dependencies/packages/json-data-encoding-bson/json-data-encoding-bson.0.8/opam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..570e4013ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/packages/json-data-encoding-bson/json-data-encoding-bson.0.8/opam
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+opam-version: "2.0"
+synopsis: "Type-safe encoding to and decoding from JSON (bson support)"
+maintainer: "contact@nomadic-labs.com"
+authors: [ "Nomadic Labs" "Ocamlpro" ]
+homepage: "https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/json-data-encoding"
+bug-reports: "https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/json-data-encoding/issues"
+license: "LGPLv3 w/ linking exception"
+dev-repo: "git+https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/json-data-encoding"
+
+build: [
+  ["dune" "build" "-j" jobs "-p" name]
+]
+
+depends: [
+  "ocaml" {>= "4.03.0"}
+  "dune" {>= "1.7"}
+  "json-data-encoding" {= version }
+  "ocplib-endian" {>= "1.0"}
+]
+url {
+  src:
+    "https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/json-data-encoding/-/archive/v0.8/json-data-encoding-v0.8.tar.gz"
+  checksum: [
+    "md5=24fcb7feb10395eaaf840d1f8ccf162f"
+    "sha512=f6d2a00008a0cd88bfae2458f56dde8f45c4e209ece9805d3e8d2c74401e4a5f9e12f99d5318f58a30a4579d9c9e9f204a75269c2110bb16a3e1036b2599b7a5"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/dependencies/packages/json-data-encoding/json-data-encoding.0.8/opam b/dependencies/packages/json-data-encoding/json-data-encoding.0.8/opam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff6bba6863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/packages/json-data-encoding/json-data-encoding.0.8/opam
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+opam-version: "2.0"
+synopsis: "Type-safe encoding to and decoding from JSON"
+maintainer: "contact@nomadic-labs.com"
+authors: [ "Nomadic Labs" "Ocamlpro" ]
+homepage: "https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/json-data-encoding"
+bug-reports: "https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/json-data-encoding/issues"
+license: "LGPLv3 w/ linking exception"
+dev-repo: "git+https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/json-data-encoding"
+
+build: [
+  ["dune" "build" "-j" jobs "-p" name]
+  ["dune" "runtest" "-p" name "-j" jobs] {with-test}
+]
+
+depends: [
+  "ocaml" {>= "4.03.0"}
+  "dune" {>= "1.7"}
+  "uri" {>= "1.9.0" }
+  "crowbar" { with-test }
+]
+url {
+  src:
+    "https://gitlab.com/nomadic-labs/json-data-encoding/-/archive/v0.8/json-data-encoding-v0.8.tar.gz"
+  checksum: [
+    "md5=24fcb7feb10395eaaf840d1f8ccf162f"
+    "sha512=f6d2a00008a0cd88bfae2458f56dde8f45c4e209ece9805d3e8d2c74401e4a5f9e12f99d5318f58a30a4579d9c9e9f204a75269c2110bb16a3e1036b2599b7a5"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/run_config.json b/run_config.json
index 9889030a21..d22d6d4560 100644
--- a/run_config.json
+++ b/run_config.json
@@ -1137,6 +1137,22 @@
           "params": ""
         }
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "executable": "benchmarks/data_encoding/de_basic.exe",
+      "name": "data_encoding_basic",
+      "ismacrobench": true,
+      "runs": [
+        {
+          "params": "100 100"
+        },
+        {
+          "params": "100000 100"
+        },
+        {
+          "params": "100 100000"
+        }
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }