diff --git a/benchmark/xpath/evaluator/node_matches_bench.rb b/benchmark/xpath/evaluator/node_matches_bench.rb
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+require_relative '../../benchmark_helper'
+
+xml_node = Oga::XML::Element.new(:name => 'foo')
+
+name_only    = AST::Node.new(:test, [nil, 'foo'])
+name_star    = AST::Node.new(:test, [nil, '*'])
+name_ns_star = AST::Node.new(:test, ['*', 'foo'])
+name_ns      = AST::Node.new(:test, ['bar', 'foo'])
+
+evaluator = Oga::XPath::Evaluator.new(xml_node)
+
+Benchmark.ips do |bench|
+  bench.report 'name only' do
+    evaluator.node_matches?(xml_node, name_only)
+  end
+
+  bench.report 'name wildcard' do
+    evaluator.node_matches?(xml_node, name_star)
+  end
+
+  bench.report 'name + namespace' do
+    evaluator.node_matches?(xml_node, name_ns)
+  end
+
+  bench.report 'namespace wildcard' do
+    evaluator.node_matches?(xml_node, name_ns_star)
+  end
+
+  bench.compare!
+end