diff --git a/benchmark/Streamly/Benchmark/Unicode/Utf8.hs b/benchmark/Streamly/Benchmark/Unicode/Utf8.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10acc3972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/Streamly/Benchmark/Unicode/Utf8.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+--
+-- Module      : Streamly.Unicode.Utf8
+-- Copyright   : (c) 2021 Composewell Technologies
+-- License     : BSD-3-Clause
+-- Maintainer  : streamly@composewell.com
+-- Stability   : experimental
+-- Portability : GHC
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Imports
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import Data.Char (chr)
+import Streamly.Internal.Unicode.Utf8 (Utf8)
+
+import Gauge hiding (env)
+import Streamly.Benchmark.Common
+
+import qualified Streamly.Internal.Unicode.Utf8 as Utf8
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+moduleName :: String
+moduleName = "Unicode.Stream"
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Benchmarks
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+{-# INLINE pack #-}
+pack :: Int -> Utf8
+pack i = Utf8.pack $ chr <$> [1 .. i]
+
+{-# INLINE packUnpack #-}
+packUnpack :: Int -> String
+packUnpack = Utf8.unpack . pack
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Main function
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = runWithCLIOpts defaultStreamSize allBenchmarks
+
+    where
+
+    allBenchmarks value =
+        [ bgroup
+              moduleName
+              [ bench "pack" $ nf pack value
+              , bench "pack + unpack" $ nf packUnpack value
+              ]
+        ]
diff --git a/benchmark/streamly-benchmarks.cabal b/benchmark/streamly-benchmarks.cabal
index 0f52d9bca..05c89da25 100644
--- a/benchmark/streamly-benchmarks.cabal
+++ b/benchmark/streamly-benchmarks.cabal
@@ -497,8 +497,15 @@ benchmark FileSystem.Handle
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Unicode Benchmarks
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 benchmark Unicode.Stream
   import: bench-options
   type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
   hs-source-dirs: Streamly/Benchmark/Unicode
   main-is: Stream.hs
+
+benchmark Unicode.Utf8
+  import: bench-options
+  type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs: Streamly/Benchmark/Unicode
+  main-is: Utf8.hs
diff --git a/bin/targets.sh b/bin/targets.sh
index 133c2d912..fc285d595 100644
--- a/bin/targets.sh
+++ b/bin/targets.sh
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ targets () {
   INDIVIDUAL_TARGETS="\
       Data.Unfold \
       Unicode.Stream \
+      Unicode.Utf8 \
       FileSystem.Handle \
       `test_only FileSystem.Event` \
       `test_only Network.Socket` \