diff --git a/tracing-appender/Cargo.toml b/tracing-appender/Cargo.toml
index fc40923fb9..f4fbce22a4 100644
--- a/tracing-appender/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-appender/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,10 @@ crossbeam-channel = "0.4.2"
 chrono = "0.4.11"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+criterion = { version = "0.3", default_features = false }
 tracing = { path = "../tracing", version = "0.1" }
-tempdir = "0.3"
\ No newline at end of file
+tempdir = "0.3"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "bench"
+harness = false
diff --git a/tracing-appender/benches/bench.rs b/tracing-appender/benches/bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0215f4811a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tracing-appender/benches/bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use crossbeam_channel::{unbounded, Receiver, Sender};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::thread;
+use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use std::time::Instant;
+use tracing::{event, Level};
+use tracing_appender::non_blocking;
+use tracing_subscriber::fmt::MakeWriter;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct SynchronousWriter {
+    writer: Arc<Mutex<Vec<u8>>>,
+}
+
+impl SynchronousWriter {
+    fn new() -> SynchronousWriter {
+        SynchronousWriter {
+            writer: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl MakeWriter for SynchronousWriter {
+    type Writer = SynchronousWriter;
+
+    fn make_writer(&self) -> Self::Writer {
+        self.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::io::Write for SynchronousWriter {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        let buf_len = buf.len();
+        match self.writer.lock() {
+            Ok(mut guard) => {
+                guard.extend_from_slice(buf);
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("Failed to acquire lock: {:?}", e);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(buf_len)
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/// A cheap writer so that we don't spam console if we had used stdout
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct SilentWriter {
+    tx: Sender<String>,
+}
+
+impl SilentWriter {
+    fn new() -> (Self, Receiver<String>) {
+        let (tx, rx) = unbounded();
+        (Self { tx }, rx)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::io::Write for SilentWriter {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        let buf_len = buf.len();
+        let _ = self.tx.send(String::from_utf8_lossy(buf).to_string());
+        Ok(buf_len)
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl MakeWriter for SilentWriter {
+    type Writer = SilentWriter;
+
+    fn make_writer(&self) -> Self::Writer {
+        self.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+fn synchronous_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("synchronous");
+    group.bench_function("single_thread", |b| {
+        let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_writer(SynchronousWriter::new());
+        tracing::subscriber::with_default(subscriber.finish(), || {
+            b.iter(|| event!(Level::INFO, "event"))
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("multiple_writers", |b| {
+        b.iter_custom(|iters| {
+            let mut handles: Vec<JoinHandle<()>> = Vec::new();
+
+            let start = Instant::now();
+
+            let make_writer = SynchronousWriter::new();
+            let cloned_make_writer = make_writer.clone();
+
+            handles.push(thread::spawn(move || {
+                let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_writer(make_writer);
+                tracing::subscriber::with_default(subscriber.finish(), || {
+                    for _ in 0..iters {
+                        event!(Level::INFO, "event");
+                    }
+                });
+            }));
+
+            handles.push(thread::spawn(move || {
+                let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_writer(cloned_make_writer);
+                tracing::subscriber::with_default(subscriber.finish(), || {
+                    for _ in 0..iters {
+                        event!(Level::INFO, "event");
+                    }
+                });
+            }));
+
+            for handle in handles {
+                let _ = handle.join();
+            }
+
+            start.elapsed()
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+fn non_blocking_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("non_blocking");
+
+    group.bench_function("single_thread", |b| {
+        let (silent_writer, _rx) = SilentWriter::new();
+        let (non_blocking, _guard) = non_blocking(silent_writer);
+        let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_writer(non_blocking);
+
+        tracing::subscriber::with_default(subscriber.finish(), || {
+            b.iter(|| event!(Level::INFO, "event"))
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("multiple_writers", |b| {
+        b.iter_custom(|iters| {
+            let (silent_writer, _rx) = SilentWriter::new();
+            let (non_blocking, _guard) = non_blocking(silent_writer);
+
+            let mut handles: Vec<JoinHandle<()>> = Vec::new();
+
+            let start = Instant::now();
+
+            let cloned_make_writer = non_blocking.clone();
+
+            handles.push(thread::spawn(move || {
+                let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_writer(non_blocking);
+                tracing::subscriber::with_default(subscriber.finish(), || {
+                    for _ in 0..iters {
+                        event!(Level::INFO, "event");
+                    }
+                });
+            }));
+
+            handles.push(thread::spawn(move || {
+                let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_writer(cloned_make_writer);
+                tracing::subscriber::with_default(subscriber.finish(), || {
+                    for _ in 0..iters {
+                        event!(Level::INFO, "event");
+                    }
+                });
+            }));
+
+            for handle in handles {
+                let _ = handle.join();
+            }
+
+            start.elapsed()
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, synchronous_benchmark, non_blocking_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);