diff --git a/ioutils/readers_test.go b/ioutils/readers_test.go
index a7a2dad..0af978e 100644
--- a/ioutils/readers_test.go
+++ b/ioutils/readers_test.go
@@ -32,3 +32,61 @@ func TestBufReader(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(string(output))
 	}
 }
+
+type repeatedReader struct {
+	readCount int
+	maxReads  int
+	data      []byte
+}
+
+func newRepeatedReader(max int, data []byte) *repeatedReader {
+	return &repeatedReader{0, max, data}
+}
+
+func (r *repeatedReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if r.readCount >= r.maxReads {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
+	r.readCount++
+	n := copy(p, r.data)
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+func testWithData(data []byte, reads int) {
+	reader := newRepeatedReader(reads, data)
+	bufReader := NewBufReader(reader)
+	io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, bufReader)
+}
+
+func Benchmark1M10BytesReads(b *testing.B) {
+	reads := 1000000
+	readSize := int64(10)
+	data := make([]byte, readSize)
+	b.SetBytes(readSize * int64(reads))
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		testWithData(data, reads)
+	}
+}
+
+func Benchmark1M1024BytesReads(b *testing.B) {
+	reads := 1000000
+	readSize := int64(1024)
+	data := make([]byte, readSize)
+	b.SetBytes(readSize * int64(reads))
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		testWithData(data, reads)
+	}
+}
+
+func Benchmark10k32KBytesReads(b *testing.B) {
+	reads := 10000
+	readSize := int64(32 * 1024)
+	data := make([]byte, readSize)
+	b.SetBytes(readSize * int64(reads))
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		testWithData(data, reads)
+	}
+}