diff --git a/src/test.cpp b/src/test.cpp
index 9fb36cc..ee8f1d7 100644
--- a/src/test.cpp
+++ b/src/test.cpp
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ TEST_CASE("utf8 dfa") {
     bench.doNotOptimizeAway(
         dfa.scan(match.data(), match.data() + match.size()));
   });
+  bench.run("simdjson utf8", [&]() {
+    bench.doNotOptimizeAway(
+        simdjson::validate_utf8(match.data(), match.size()));
+  });
 }
 
 // Different input structures with special care in the implementation