diff --git a/tests/bench/test_hmac.py b/tests/bench/test_hmac.py
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+# This file is dual licensed under the terms of the Apache License, Version
+# 2.0, and the BSD License. See the LICENSE file in the root of this repository
+# for complete details.
+
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, hmac
+
+
+def test_hmac_sha256(benchmark):
+    def bench():
+        h = hmac.HMAC(b"my extremely secure key", hashes.SHA256())
+        h.update(b"I love hashing. So much. The best.")
+        return h.finalize()
+
+    benchmark(bench)