diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d366c9ab..87726412 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ enumerated explicitly.
 - [`clojure.data.csv`](https://github.com/clojure/data.csv) aliased as `csv`
 - [`cheshire.core`](https://github.com/dakrone/cheshire) aliased as `json`
 - [`cognitect.transit`](https://github.com/cognitect/transit-clj) aliased as `transit`
+- [`bencode.core`](https://github.com/nrepl/bencode) aliased as `bencode`: `read-bencode`, `write-bencode`.
 
 A selection of java classes are available, see `babashka/impl/classes.clj`.
 
diff --git a/script/lib_tests/bencode_test b/script/lib_tests/bencode_test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1fc96a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/lib_tests/bencode_test
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eou pipefail
+
+export BABASHKA_CLASSPATH=$(clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {borkdude/bencode {:git/url "https://github.com/borkdude/bencode" :sha "fc2bd007fee318cb04fdb9e0844e69d42cacaf36" :deps/manifest :deps}}}' -Spath)
+
+ENV=${BABASHKA_TEST_ENV:-}
+
+if [  "$ENV" = "native" ]; then
+    BB_CMD="./bb"
+else
+    BB_CMD="lein bb"
+fi
+
+$BB_CMD -e "
+(require '[bencode.core :as bencode] :reload-all)
+(with-open [os (java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.)] (bencode/write-bencode os {\"greeting\" \"Good morning\"}) (str os))
+"
diff --git a/script/run_lib_tests b/script/run_lib_tests
index aaa56bf3..720a5438 100755
--- a/script/run_lib_tests
+++ b/script/run_lib_tests
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ script/lib_tests/medley_test
 script/lib_tests/babashka_curl_test
 script/lib_tests/cprop_test
 script/lib_tests/comb_test
+script/lib_tests/bencode_test
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index 29fbc403..fc500fe1 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
           java.lang.ArithmeticException
           java.lang.AssertionError
           java.lang.Boolean
+          java.lang.Byte
           java.lang.Class
           java.lang.Double
           java.lang.Exception
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index e1f7c80b..e893bd52 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ Everything after that is bound to *command-line-args*."))
                  :imports '{ArithmeticException java.lang.ArithmeticException
                             AssertionError java.lang.AssertionError
                             Boolean java.lang.Boolean
+                            Byte java.lang.Byte
                             Class java.lang.Class
                             Double java.lang.Double
                             Exception java.lang.Exception