diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/cors_perf_test.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/cors_perf_test.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a87544bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/cors_perf_test.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+(ns reitit.cors-perf-test
+  (:require [reitit.perf-utils :refer :all]
+            [ring.middleware.cors :as cors]))
+
+;;
+;; start repl with `lein perf repl`
+;; perf measured with the following setup:
+;;
+;; Model Name:            MacBook Pro
+;; Model Identifier:      MacBookPro113
+;; Processor Name:        Intel Core i7
+;; Processor Speed:       2,5 GHz
+;; Number of Processors:  1
+;; Total Number of Cores: 4
+;; L2 Cache (per Core):   256 KB
+;; L3 Cache:              6 MB
+;; Memory:                16 GB
+;;
+
+(def app
+  (cors/wrap-cors
+    (fn [_] {:status 200, :body "ok"})
+    :access-control-allow-origin #"http://example.com"
+    :access-control-allow-headers #{:accept :content-type}
+    :access-control-allow-methods #{:get :put :post}))
+
+(def cors-request
+  {:request-method :options
+   :uri "/"
+   :headers {"origin" "http://example.com"
+             "access-control-request-method" "POST"
+             "access-control-request-headers" "Accept, Content-Type"}})
+
+(defn cors-perf-test []
+
+  ;;  0.04µs
+  (b! "ring-cors: pass" (app {}))
+
+  ;; 15.85µs
+  (b! "ring-cors: preflight" (app cors-request)))
+
+(comment
+  (cors-perf-test))
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/perf_utils.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/perf_utils.clj
index 56113dc0..8f565331 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/perf_utils.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/perf_utils.clj
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@
      (println ~@body)
      (cc/quick-bench ~@body)))
 
+(defmacro b! [name & body]
+  `(do
+     (title ~name)
+     (println)
+     (println "\u001B[33m" ~@body "\u001B[0m")
+     (let [{[lower#] :lower-q :as res#} (cc/quick-benchmark (do ~@body) nil)
+           µs# (* 1000000 lower#)
+           ns# (* 1000 µs#)]
+       (println "\u001B[32m\n" (format "%1$10.2fns" ns#) "\u001B[0m")
+       (println "\u001B[32m" (format "%1$10.2fµs" µs#) "\u001B[0m")
+       (println)
+       (cc/report-result res#))
+     (println)))
+
 (defn valid-urls [router]
   (->>
     (for [name (reitit/route-names router)
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 8b2a3176..e00a4cd2 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
                                   [funcool/promesa "2.0.1"]
 
                                   [com.clojure-goes-fast/clj-async-profiler "0.3.1"]
+                                  [ring-cors "0.1.12"]
 
                                   [com.bhauman/rebel-readline "0.1.4"]]}
              :1.9 {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0"]]}