diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f1f2545..eeadb19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ Test results are avg / standard deviation.
       <td>1.79 ms / 52 us</td>
       <td>19.9 ms / 573 us</td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>stencil (string)</td>
+      <td>58 us / 6 us</td>
+      <td>212 us / 27 us</td>
+      <td>930 us / 37 us</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>stencil (file)</td>
+      <td>1.2 us / 22 us</td>
+      <td>38 us / 943 ns</td>
+      <td>784 us / 16 us</td>
+    </tr>
 
 </table>
 
@@ -45,5 +57,7 @@ Test results are avg / standard deviation.
 + str is really fast and a huge waste of programmer time.
 + clabango from filesystem templates or string literals are equivalent
 + clabango and hiccup are equivalent in performance
++ stencil from string literals is faster than clabango and hiccup,
++ stencil from files is even faster by a marginal amount.
 
 Copyright © 2013 bitemyapp
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 2e2a542..a3da69e 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
                  [criterium "0.3.1"]
                  [hiccup "1.0.2"]
                  [clabango "0.4"]
+                 [stencil "0.3.0"]
                  ])
diff --git a/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/core.clj b/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/core.clj
index 12edaab..9862924 100644
--- a/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/core.clj
+++ b/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/core.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 (ns clojure-template-benchmarks.core
   (:use criterium.core
         hiccup.core)
-  (:require [clabango.parser :refer [render render-file]]))
+  (:require [clabango.parser :refer [render render-file]]
+            [stencil.core :as stencil]))
 
 (def bar (str "bar"))
 
@@ -40,6 +41,20 @@
   (render-file "clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/list.html" {:items (range 1 ceil)}))
 
 
+(defn simple-stencil-no-fd []
+  (stencil/render-string "<span class=\"foo\">{{bar}}</span>" {:bar bar}))
+
+(defn list-stencil-no-fd [ceil]
+  (stencil/render-string "<ul>{{#items}}<li>{{.}}</li>{{/items}}</ul>" {:items (range 1 ceil)}))
+
+
+(defn simple-stencil []
+  (stencil/render-file "clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/simple.mustache" {:bar bar}))
+
+(defn list-stencil [ceil]
+  (stencil/render-file "clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/list.mustache" {:items (range 1 ceil)}))
+
+
 (defn -main [& args]
   ;; (println (simple-hiccup))
   ;; (println (simple-clabango-no-fd))
@@ -62,7 +77,7 @@
   (with-progress-reporting (quick-bench (list-hiccup 1000)))
   (println "\n --- \n")
 
-  (println "\n\n ***** clabango string literals  ***** \n\n")
+  (println "\n\n ***** clabango string ***** \n\n")
   (quick-bench (simple-clabango-no-fd))
   (println "\n --- \n")
   (quick-bench (list-clabango-no-fd 50))
@@ -76,4 +91,20 @@
   (with-progress-reporting (quick-bench (list-clabango 50)))
   (println "\n --- \n")
   (with-progress-reporting (quick-bench (list-clabango 1000)))
+  (println "\n --- \n")
+
+  (println "\n\n ***** stencil string ***** \n\n")
+  (with-progress-reporting (quick-bench (simple-stencil-no-fd)))
+  (println "\n --- \n")
+  (with-progress-reporting (quick-bench (list-stencil-no-fd 50)))
+  (println "\n --- \n")
+  (with-progress-reporting (quick-bench (list-stencil-no-fd 1000)))
+  (println "\n --- \n")
+
+  (println "\n\n ***** stencil file ***** \n\n")
+  (with-progress-reporting (quick-bench (simple-stencil)))
+  (println "\n --- \n")
+  (with-progress-reporting (quick-bench (list-stencil 50)))
+  (println "\n --- \n")
+  (with-progress-reporting (quick-bench (list-stencil 1000)))
   (println "\n --- \n"))
diff --git a/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/list.mustache b/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/list.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b131a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/list.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<ul>{{#items}}<li>{{.}}</li>{{/items}}</ul>
diff --git a/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/simple.html b/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/simple.html
index 67c4b3d..6b1d82a 100644
--- a/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/simple.html
+++ b/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/simple.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<span class="foo">{{bar}}</span>
\ No newline at end of file
+<span class="foo">{{bar}}</span>
diff --git a/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/simple.mustache b/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/simple.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b1d82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clojure_template_benchmarks/templates/simple.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<span class="foo">{{bar}}</span>