diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b63f3cff3..c13524222 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#![feature(test)]
+
+extern crate test;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate error_chain;
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/src/spec/tests.rs b/src/spec/tests.rs
index fc7a0c14b..bee693785 100644
--- a/src/spec/tests.rs
+++ b/src/spec/tests.rs
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
-use super::{run_single_file, InvokationResult, ScriptHandler};
 use cranelift_codegen::ir::types;
-use crate::webassembly::{
-    compile, instantiate, Error, ErrorKind, Export, Instance, Module, ResultObject,
-};
+use cranelift_entity::EntityRef;
 use libffi::high::call::*;
 use libffi::high::types::CType;
 use std::iter::Iterator;
 use wabt::script::{Action, Value};
 // use crate::webassembly::instance::InvokeResult;
 
+use super::{run_single_file, InvokationResult, ScriptHandler};
+use crate::webassembly::{
+    compile, instantiate, Error, ErrorKind, Export, Instance, Module, ResultObject,
+};
+
 struct StoreCtrl<'module> {
     last_module: Option<ResultObject>,
     modules: HashMap<String, Rc<&'module ResultObject>>,
@@ -162,8 +164,13 @@ impl<'module> ScriptHandler for StoreCtrl<'module> {
 
 mod tests {
     use std::path::Path;
-
+    use crate::test::Bencher;
     use super::run_single_file;
+    use std::mem;
+    use crate::webassembly::{
+        compile, instantiate, Error, ErrorKind, Export, Instance, Module, ResultObject,
+    };
+    use wabt::wat2wasm;
 
     fn do_test(test_name: String) {
         let mut handler = &mut super::StoreCtrl::new();
@@ -195,4 +202,34 @@ mod tests {
         br_if,
         call,
     }
+
+    fn my_func () -> Vec<u8> {
+        let x = String::from("hello");
+        let bytes = x.into_bytes();
+        return bytes;
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_identity(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        pub const BENCHMARK_BYTES: &[u8] = include_bytes!(concat!(
+            env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+            "/src/spec/tests/benchmark.wast"
+        ));
+        let wasm_bytes = wat2wasm(BENCHMARK_BYTES.to_vec()).expect("Can't convert wat to wasm");
+        let result_object = instantiate(wasm_bytes, None).expect("Not compiled properly");
+        let instance = result_object.instance;
+        let module = result_object.module;
+        let func_index = match module.info.exports.get("identity") {
+            Some(&Export::Function(index)) => index,
+            _ => panic!("Function not found"),
+        };
+        let func_addr = instance.get_function_pointer(func_index);
+        let func = unsafe {
+            mem::transmute::<_, fn(i32) -> i32>(func_addr)
+        };
+        assert_eq!(func(1), 1,  "Identity function not working.");
+        b.iter(|| {
+            func(1);
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/spec/tests/benchmark.wast b/src/spec/tests/benchmark.wast
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98f6a6037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/spec/tests/benchmark.wast
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+(module
+ (table 0 anyfunc)
+ (memory 0)
+ (func (export "identity") (param i32) (result i32)
+   (get_local 0)
+ )
+)
diff --git a/src/webassembly/instance.rs b/src/webassembly/instance.rs
index efd5d9b4d..29f29b044 100644
--- a/src/webassembly/instance.rs
+++ b/src/webassembly/instance.rs
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ impl Instance {
     pub fn memories(&self) -> Arc<Vec<LinearMemory>> {
         self.memories.clone()
     }
+    pub fn get_function_pointer(&self, func_index: FuncIndex) -> *const u8 {
+        let func_pointer = &self.functions[func_index.index()];
+        func_pointer.as_ptr()
+    }
 
     /// Invoke a WebAssembly function given a FuncIndex and the
     /// arguments that the function should be called with