diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 742b4a4..2309c76 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ahash = { version = "0.8.3", default-features = false }
 criterion = "0.4"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
 crossbeam-utils = "0.8"
+hash_str = { version = "0.2.0", features = [ "cache", "global" ] }
 libc = "0.2"
 serde_json = "1"
 string-interner = "0.13"
diff --git a/benches/creation.rs b/benches/creation.rs
index 3e59aa1..b82d8c9 100644
--- a/benches/creation.rs
+++ b/benches/creation.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use string_cache::DefaultAtom;
 use string_interner::StringInterner;
 
-use ustr::*;
+use ustr::ustr;
 
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 
@@ -42,6 +42,58 @@ fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
         });
     });
 
+    let hash_str_cache = hash_str::get_cache();
+
+    let s = raft.clone();
+    c.bench_function("single raft hash_str global", move |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            unsafe { hash_str::_clear_cache() };
+            for s in s.iter().cycle().take(100_000) {
+                black_box(hash_str_cache.intern(s));
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
+    let s = raft.clone();
+    c.bench_function("single raft hash_str local", move |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let host = hash_str::HashStrHost::new();
+            let mut cache = hash_str::HashStrCache::new();
+            for s in s.iter().cycle().take(100_000) {
+                black_box(cache.intern_with(&host, s));
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
+    let s = raft.clone();
+    let precomputed: Vec<_> = s.iter().map(|s| ustr(s)).collect();
+    c.bench_function("single raft ustr precomputed", move |b| {
+        let mut cache = ustr::UstrMap::default();
+        b.iter(|| {
+            cache.clear();
+            for &s in precomputed.iter().cycle().take(100_000) {
+                black_box(cache.entry(s).or_insert(s));
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
+    let s = raft.clone();
+    let precomputed_host = hash_str::HashStrHost::new();
+    let mut precomputed_cache = hash_str::HashStrCache::new();
+    let precomputed: Vec<_> = s
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| precomputed_cache.intern_with(&precomputed_host, s))
+        .collect();
+    c.bench_function("single raft hash_str local precomputed", move |b| {
+        let mut cache = hash_str::HashStrCache::new();
+        b.iter(|| {
+            cache.clear();
+            for s in precomputed.iter().cycle().take(100_000) {
+                black_box(cache.cache(s));
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
     let s = raft.clone();
     c.bench_function("single raft string-interner", move |b| {
         b.iter(|| {
diff --git a/src/stringcache.rs b/src/stringcache.rs
index fca1d7f..6fdd297 100644
--- a/src/stringcache.rs
+++ b/src/stringcache.rs
@@ -407,4 +407,4 @@ impl StringCacheEntry {
             std::mem::align_of::<StringCacheEntry>(),
         ))
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}