diff --git a/benches/compress.rs b/benches/compress.rs
index 8a26e50..6f24087 100644
--- a/benches/compress.rs
+++ b/benches/compress.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ fn bench_dbtext(c: &mut Criterion) {
             b.iter(|| unsafe { compressor.compress_into(&buf, &mut buffer) });
         });
 
+        unsafe { compressor.compress_into(&buf , &mut buffer); };
+        let decompressor = compressor.decompressor();
+        group.bench_function("decompress", |b| {
+            b.iter_with_large_drop(|| {
+                decompressor.decompress(&buffer)
+            });
+        });
+
         group.finish();
 
         // Report the compression factor for this dataset.