diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index ce653f440..235e4e980 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -124,3 +124,8 @@ tokio = { version = "1.24.2", features = ["net", "rt", "macros"] }
 [[example]]
 name = "ws"
 required-features = ["ws", "rustls"]
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "response-body-compression"
+harness = false
+required-features = ["compress-brotli", "compress-gzip", "compress-zstd"]
diff --git a/actix-http/benches/response-body-compression.rs b/actix-http/benches/response-body-compression.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d128bf75b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-http/benches/response-body-compression.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#![allow(clippy::uninlined_format_args)]
+
+use std::convert::Infallible;
+
+use actix_http::{encoding::Encoder, ContentEncoding, Request, Response, StatusCode};
+use actix_service::{fn_service, Service as _};
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+
+static BODY: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../Cargo.toml");
+
+fn compression_responses(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("compression responses");
+
+    group.bench_function("identity", |b| {
+        let rt = actix_rt::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+
+        let identity_svc = fn_service(|_: Request| async move {
+            let mut res = Response::with_body(StatusCode::OK, ());
+            let body = black_box(Encoder::response(
+                ContentEncoding::Identity,
+                res.head_mut(),
+                BODY,
+            ));
+            Ok::<_, Infallible>(black_box(res.set_body(black_box(body))))
+        });
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            rt.block_on(identity_svc.call(Request::new())).unwrap();
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("gzip", |b| {
+        let rt = actix_rt::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+
+        let identity_svc = fn_service(|_: Request| async move {
+            let mut res = Response::with_body(StatusCode::OK, ());
+            let body = black_box(Encoder::response(
+                ContentEncoding::Gzip,
+                res.head_mut(),
+                BODY,
+            ));
+            Ok::<_, Infallible>(black_box(res.set_body(black_box(body))))
+        });
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            rt.block_on(identity_svc.call(Request::new())).unwrap();
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("br", |b| {
+        let rt = actix_rt::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+
+        let identity_svc = fn_service(|_: Request| async move {
+            let mut res = Response::with_body(StatusCode::OK, ());
+            let body = black_box(Encoder::response(
+                ContentEncoding::Brotli,
+                res.head_mut(),
+                BODY,
+            ));
+            Ok::<_, Infallible>(black_box(res.set_body(black_box(body))))
+        });
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            rt.block_on(identity_svc.call(Request::new())).unwrap();
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("zstd", |b| {
+        let rt = actix_rt::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+
+        let identity_svc = fn_service(|_: Request| async move {
+            let mut res = Response::with_body(StatusCode::OK, ());
+            let body = black_box(Encoder::response(
+                ContentEncoding::Zstd,
+                res.head_mut(),
+                BODY,
+            ));
+            Ok::<_, Infallible>(black_box(res.set_body(black_box(body))))
+        });
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            rt.block_on(identity_svc.call(Request::new())).unwrap();
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, compression_responses);
+criterion_main!(benches);