diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 840c7748c..600524243 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "wasmer-middleware-common"
 version = "0.4.2"
 dependencies = [
+ "criterion 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "wabt 0.7.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "wasmer-clif-backend 0.4.2",
  "wasmer-llvm-backend 0.4.2",
diff --git a/lib/middleware-common/Cargo.toml b/lib/middleware-common/Cargo.toml
index be5517fbb..d6f7c2c4b 100644
--- a/lib/middleware-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/middleware-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ wasmer-singlepass-backend = { path = "../singlepass-backend", version = "0.4.2",
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 wabt = "0.7.4"
+criterion = "0.2"
 
 [features]
 clif = []
 llvm = ["wasmer-llvm-backend"]
-singlepass = ["wasmer-singlepass-backend"]
\ No newline at end of file
+singlepass = ["wasmer-singlepass-backend"]
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "metering_benchmark"
+harness = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/middleware-common/benches/metering_benchmark.rs b/lib/middleware-common/benches/metering_benchmark.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..588842968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/middleware-common/benches/metering_benchmark.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate criterion;
+
+use criterion::black_box;
+use criterion::{Benchmark, Criterion};
+
+use wabt::wat2wasm;
+
+use wasmer_middleware_common::metering::Metering;
+use wasmer_runtime_core::vm::Ctx;
+use wasmer_runtime_core::{backend::Compiler, compile_with, imports, Func};
+
+//export function add_to(x: i32, y: i32): i32 {
+//   for(var i = 0; i < x; i++){
+//     if(i % 1 == 0){
+//       y += i;
+//     } else {
+//       y *= i
+//     }
+//   }
+//   return y;
+//}
+static WAT: &'static str = r#"
+            (module
+              (type $t0 (func (param i32 i32) (result i32)))
+              (type $t1 (func))
+              (func $add_to (export "add_to") (type $t0) (param $p0 i32) (param $p1 i32) (result i32)
+                (local $l0 i32)
+                block $B0
+                  i32.const 0
+                  set_local $l0
+                  loop $L1
+                    get_local $l0
+                    get_local $p0
+                    i32.lt_s
+                    i32.eqz
+                    br_if $B0
+                    get_local $l0
+                    i32.const 1
+                    i32.rem_s
+                    i32.const 0
+                    i32.eq
+                    if $I2
+                      get_local $p1
+                      get_local $l0
+                      i32.add
+                      set_local $p1
+                    else
+                      get_local $p1
+                      get_local $l0
+                      i32.mul
+                      set_local $p1
+                    end
+                    get_local $l0
+                    i32.const 1
+                    i32.add
+                    set_local $l0
+                    br $L1
+                    unreachable
+                  end
+                  unreachable
+                end
+                get_local $p1)
+              (func $f1 (type $t1))
+              (table $table (export "table") 1 anyfunc)
+              (memory $memory (export "memory") 0)
+              (global $g0 i32 (i32.const 8))
+              (elem (i32.const 0) $f1))
+        "#;
+
+static WAT_GAS: &'static str = r#"
+            (module
+              (type $t0 (func (param i32 i32) (result i32)))
+              (type $t1 (func))
+              (type $t2 (func (param i32)))
+              (import "env" "gas" (func $env.gas (type $t2)))
+              (func $add_to (type $t0) (param $p0 i32) (param $p1 i32) (result i32)
+                (local $l0 i32)
+                i32.const 3
+                call $env.gas
+                block $B0
+                  i32.const 5
+                  call $env.gas
+                  i32.const 0
+                  set_local $l0
+                  loop $L1
+                    i32.const 18
+                    call $env.gas
+                    get_local $l0
+                    get_local $p0
+                    i32.lt_s
+                    i32.eqz
+                    br_if $B0
+                    get_local $l0
+                    i32.const 1
+                    i32.rem_s
+                    i32.const 0
+                    i32.eq
+                    if $I2
+                      i32.const 5
+                      call $env.gas
+                      get_local $p1
+                      get_local $l0
+                      i32.add
+                      set_local $p1
+                    else
+                      i32.const 5
+                      call $env.gas
+                      get_local $p1
+                      get_local $l0
+                      i32.mul
+                      set_local $p1
+                    end
+                    get_local $l0
+                    i32.const 1
+                    i32.add
+                    set_local $l0
+                    br $L1
+                    unreachable
+                  end
+                  unreachable
+                end
+                get_local $p1)
+              (func $f2 (type $t1)
+                i32.const 1
+                call $env.gas)
+              (table $table 1 anyfunc)
+              (memory $memory 0)
+              (global $g0 i32 (i32.const 8))
+              (export "memory" (memory 0))
+              (export "table" (table 0))
+              (export "add_to" (func $add_to))
+              (elem (i32.const 0) $f2))
+        "#;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "llvm")]
+fn get_compiler(limit: u64, metering: bool) -> impl Compiler {
+    use wasmer_llvm_backend::code::LLVMModuleCodeGenerator;
+    use wasmer_runtime_core::codegen::{MiddlewareChain, StreamingCompiler};
+    let c: StreamingCompiler<LLVMModuleCodeGenerator, _, _, _, _> =
+        StreamingCompiler::new(move || {
+            let mut chain = MiddlewareChain::new();
+            if metering {
+                chain.push(Metering::new(limit));
+            }
+            chain
+        });
+
+    c
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "singlepass")]
+fn get_compiler(limit: u64, metering: bool) -> impl Compiler {
+    use wasmer_runtime_core::codegen::{MiddlewareChain, StreamingCompiler};
+    use wasmer_singlepass_backend::ModuleCodeGenerator as SinglePassMCG;
+    let c: StreamingCompiler<SinglePassMCG, _, _, _, _> = StreamingCompiler::new(move || {
+        let mut chain = MiddlewareChain::new();
+        if metering {
+            chain.push(Metering::new(limit));
+        }
+        chain
+    });
+    c
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(any(feature = "llvm", feature = "clif", feature = "singlepass")))]
+fn get_compiler(_limit: u64, metering: bool) -> impl Compiler {
+    panic!("compiler not specified, activate a compiler via features");
+    use wasmer_clif_backend::CraneliftCompiler;
+    CraneliftCompiler::new()
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "clif")]
+fn get_compiler(_limit: u64, metering: bool) -> impl Compiler {
+    panic!("cranelift does not implement metering");
+    use wasmer_clif_backend::CraneliftCompiler;
+    CraneliftCompiler::new()
+}
+
+fn gas(ctx: &mut Ctx, gas_amount: u32) {
+    use wasmer_middleware_common::metering;
+    // TODO read gas field
+    let used = 100;
+    let new = used + gas_amount;
+    ()
+}
+
+fn bench_metering(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    use wasmer_middleware_common::metering;
+
+    c.bench(
+        "Meter",
+        Benchmark::new("No Metering", |b| {
+            let compiler = get_compiler(0, false);
+            let wasm_binary = wat2wasm(WAT).unwrap();
+            let module = compile_with(&wasm_binary, &compiler).unwrap();
+            let import_object = imports! {};
+            let mut instance = module.instantiate(&import_object).unwrap();
+            let add_to: Func<(i32, i32), i32> = instance.func("add_to").unwrap();
+            b.iter(|| add_to.call(100, 4).unwrap())
+        })
+        .with_function("Gas Metering", |b| {
+            let compiler = get_compiler(0, false);
+            let gas_wasm_binary = wat2wasm(WAT_GAS).unwrap();
+            let gas_module = compile_with(&gas_wasm_binary, &compiler).unwrap();
+            let gas_import_object = imports! {
+                "env" => {
+                   "gas" => Func::new(gas),
+                },
+            };
+            let mut gas_instance = gas_module.instantiate(&gas_import_object).unwrap();
+            let gas_add_to: Func<(i32, i32), i32> = gas_instance.func("add_to").unwrap();
+            b.iter(|| gas_add_to.call(100, 4).unwrap())
+        })
+        .with_function("Built-in Metering", |b| {
+            let metering_compiler = get_compiler(std::u64::MAX, true);
+            let wasm_binary = wat2wasm(WAT).unwrap();
+            let metering_module = compile_with(&wasm_binary, &metering_compiler).unwrap();
+            let metering_import_object = imports! {};
+            let mut metering_instance = metering_module
+                .instantiate(&metering_import_object)
+                .unwrap();
+            metering::set_points_used(&mut metering_instance, 0u64);
+            let metering_add_to: Func<(i32, i32), i32> = metering_instance.func("add_to").unwrap();
+            b.iter(|| metering_add_to.call(100, 4).unwrap())
+        }),
+    );
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, bench_metering);
+criterion_main!(benches);