diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp-linter.yml b/.github/workflows/cpp-linter.yml
index 3dcf7ba4f..44dd6e350 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpp-linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpp-linter.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
             -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
             -DICEBERG_BUILD_SQL_CATALOG=ON \
+            -DICEBERG_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON \
             -DICEBERG_SQL_SQLITE=ON \
             -DICEBERG_SQL_POSTGRESQL=ON \
             -DICEBERG_SQL_MYSQL=ON
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f8823567..db54b24ed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 option(ICEBERG_BUILD_STATIC "Build static library" ON)
 option(ICEBERG_BUILD_SHARED "Build shared library" OFF)
 option(ICEBERG_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" ON)
+option(ICEBERG_BUILD_BENCHMARKS "Build benchmarks" OFF)
 option(ICEBERG_BUILD_BUNDLE "Build the battery included library" ON)
 option(ICEBERG_BUILD_REST "Build rest catalog client" ON)
 option(ICEBERG_BUILD_REST_INTEGRATION_TESTS "Build rest catalog integration tests" OFF)
diff --git a/meson.options b/meson.options
index c53574889..0448c61df 100644
--- a/meson.options
+++ b/meson.options
@@ -52,3 +52,10 @@ option(
 )
 
 option('tests', type: 'feature', description: 'Build tests', value: 'enabled')
+
+option(
+    'benchmarks',
+    type: 'feature',
+    description: 'Build benchmarks',
+    value: 'disabled',
+)
diff --git a/src/iceberg/CMakeLists.txt b/src/iceberg/CMakeLists.txt
index 999532c1c..a9dd4e82a 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/iceberg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -361,3 +361,7 @@ endif()
 if(ICEBERG_BUILD_TESTS)
   add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
+
+if(ICEBERG_BUILD_BENCHMARKS)
+  add_subdirectory(benchmark)
+endif()
diff --git a/src/iceberg/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt b/src/iceberg/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38ae006ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iceberg/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_GTEST_TESTS
+    OFF
+    CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_INSTALL
+    OFF
+    CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING
+    OFF
+    CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+fetchcontent_declare(google_benchmark
+                     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/benchmark.git
+                     GIT_TAG a4cf155615c63e019ae549e31703bf367df5b471 # v1.8.4
+                     FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS
+                     NAMES
+                     benchmark
+                     CONFIG)
+fetchcontent_makeavailable(google_benchmark)
+
+add_executable(metrics_evaluator_benchmark metrics_evaluator_benchmark.cc)
+target_link_libraries(metrics_evaluator_benchmark
+                      PRIVATE "$<IF:$<TARGET_EXISTS:iceberg_static>,iceberg_static,iceberg_shared>"
+                              "$<IF:$<TARGET_EXISTS:benchmark::benchmark>,benchmark::benchmark,benchmark>"
+)
diff --git a/src/iceberg/benchmark/meson.build b/src/iceberg/benchmark/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13430dca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iceberg/benchmark/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+benchmark_dep = dependency('benchmark', required: true)
+
+metrics_evaluator_benchmark = executable(
+    'metrics_evaluator_benchmark',
+    sources: files('metrics_evaluator_benchmark.cc'),
+    dependencies: [iceberg_dep, benchmark_dep],
+)
+
+benchmark('metrics_evaluator_benchmark', metrics_evaluator_benchmark)
diff --git a/src/iceberg/benchmark/metrics_evaluator_benchmark.cc b/src/iceberg/benchmark/metrics_evaluator_benchmark.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abcc35550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iceberg/benchmark/metrics_evaluator_benchmark.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+
+namespace iceberg {
+namespace {
+
+void BM_BenchmarkSmoke(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(state.iterations());
+  }
+
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations());
+}
+
+BENCHMARK(BM_BenchmarkSmoke);
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace iceberg
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  benchmark::Initialize(&argc, argv);
+  if (benchmark::ReportUnrecognizedArguments(argc, argv)) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  benchmark::RunSpecifiedBenchmarks();
+  benchmark::Shutdown();
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/iceberg/meson.build b/src/iceberg/meson.build
index 4c7960ae6..280d147a8 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/meson.build
+++ b/src/iceberg/meson.build
@@ -319,3 +319,7 @@ subdir('inspect')
 if get_option('tests').enabled()
     subdir('test')
 endif
+
+if get_option('benchmarks').enabled()
+    subdir('benchmark')
+endif
diff --git a/subprojects/google-benchmark.wrap b/subprojects/google-benchmark.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51f4e24d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/google-benchmark.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[wrap-file]
+directory = benchmark-1.8.4
+source_url = https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/refs/tags/v1.8.4.tar.gz
+source_filename = benchmark-1.8.4.tar.gz
+source_hash = 3e7059b6b11fb1bbe28e33e02519398ca94c1818874ebed18e504dc6f709be45
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/google-benchmark_1.8.4-5/benchmark-1.8.4.tar.gz
+patch_filename = google-benchmark_1.8.4-5_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/google-benchmark_1.8.4-5/get_patch
+patch_hash = 671ffed65f1e95e8c20edb7a06eb54476797e58169160b255f52dc71f4b83957
+wrapdb_version = 1.8.4-5
+
+[provide]
+dependency_names = benchmark, benchmark_main