diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c7a4ed3..3418100 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,31 +9,15 @@ set(THIRD_PARTY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/third_party)
 
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
+option(DAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM "add support for SLURM executor" ON)
+option(DAGGY_ENABLE_BENCHMARKS "Add catch2 benchmarks" ON)
+
 include(cmake/rapidjson.cmake)
 include(cmake/pistache.cmake)
 include(cmake/better-enums.cmake)
 include(cmake/argparse.cmake)
 include(cmake/Catch2.cmake)
-
-option(DAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM "add support for SLURM executor" ON)
-
-if (DAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM)
-    find_library(SLURM_LIB libslurm.so libslurm.a slurm REQUIRED)
-    find_path(SLURM_INCLUDE_DIR "slurm/slurm.h" REQUIRED)
-
-    if (SLURM_LIB MATCHES ".*\.a")
-        add_library(slurm STATIC IMPORTED)
-        SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(slurm PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/../lib:$ORIGIN/")
-    else ()
-        add_library(slurm SHARED IMPORTED)
-    endif ()
-
-    set_target_properties(slurm PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${SLURM_LIB})
-    target_include_directories(slurm INTERFACE ${SLURM_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    target_compile_definitions(slurm INTERFACE DAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM)
-    target_link_libraries(slurm INTERFACE dl resolv)
-endif ()
-
+include(cmake/daggy_features.cmake)
 
 # use, i.e. don't skip the full RPATH for the build tree
 set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
diff --git a/cmake/Catch2.cmake b/cmake/Catch2.cmake
index 61261e4..8087401 100644
--- a/cmake/Catch2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Catch2.cmake
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git
         GIT_TAG v2.13.7)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Catch2)
+
+if (DAGGY_ENABLE_BENCHMARKS)
+  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DCATCH_CONFIG_ENABLE_BENCHMARKING")
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/daggy_features.cmake b/cmake/daggy_features.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67ca04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/daggy_features.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# SLURM
+message("DAGGY_ENABLED_SLURM is set to ${DAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM}")
+if (DAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM)
+    find_library(SLURM_LIB libslurm.so libslurm.a slurm REQUIRED)
+    find_path(SLURM_INCLUDE_DIR "slurm/slurm.h" REQUIRED)
+
+    if (SLURM_LIB MATCHES ".*\.a")
+        add_library(slurm STATIC IMPORTED)
+        SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(slurm PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/../lib:$ORIGIN/")
+    else ()
+        add_library(slurm SHARED IMPORTED)
+    endif ()
+
+    set_target_properties(slurm PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${SLURM_LIB})
+    target_include_directories(slurm INTERFACE ${SLURM_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    target_compile_definitions(slurm INTERFACE DAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM)
+    target_link_libraries(slurm INTERFACE dl resolv)
+endif ()
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index d011de8..52d96fb 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ add_executable(tests main.cpp
         unit_utilities.cpp
         # integration tests
         int_basic.cpp
+        # Performance checks
+        perf_dag.cpp
         )
-target_link_libraries(tests libdaggy stdc++fs Catch2::Catch2)
\ No newline at end of file
+target_link_libraries(tests libdaggy stdc++fs Catch2::Catch2)
diff --git a/tests/perf_dag.cpp b/tests/perf_dag.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f315257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/perf_dag.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#ifdef CATCH_CONFIG_ENABLE_BENCHMARKING
+
+#include <catch2/catch.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "daggy/DAG.hpp"
+
+inline std::string taskName(size_t i)
+{
+  return "action_node" + std::to_string(i);
+}
+
+daggy::DAG<std::string, size_t> createDAG(size_t N_NODES, size_t MAX_CHILDREN)
+{
+  daggy::DAG<std::string, size_t> dag;
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < N_NODES; ++i) {
+    dag.addVertex(taskName(i), i);
+  }
+
+  static std::random_device dev;
+  static std::mt19937 rng(dev());
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<size_t> nDepDist(1, MAX_CHILDREN);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < N_NODES - 1; ++i) {
+    std::string parent = taskName(i);
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<size_t> depDist(i + 1, N_NODES - 1);
+    size_t nChildren = std::min(nDepDist(rng), N_NODES - i);
+
+    std::unordered_set<size_t> found;
+    size_t tries = 0;
+    while (found.size() < nChildren) {
+      ++tries;
+      if (tries > nChildren * 2)
+        break;
+      auto child = depDist(rng);
+      if (found.count(child) > 0)
+        continue;
+      found.insert(child);
+      dag.addEdge(parent, taskName(child));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return dag;
+}
+
+const size_t N_NODES      = 10'000;
+const size_t MAX_CHILDREN = 10;
+
+static auto DAG = createDAG(N_NODES, MAX_CHILDREN);
+
+TEST_CASE("massive DAGs", "[dag_performance]")
+{
+  BENCHMARK_ADVANCED("dag.reset")(Catch::Benchmark::Chronometer meter)
+  {
+    meter.measure([&] { return DAG.reset(); });
+  };
+
+  BENCHMARK_ADVANCED("dag.isValid")(Catch::Benchmark::Chronometer meter)
+  {
+    meter.measure([&] { return DAG.isValid(); });
+  };
+}
+#endif