diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 80f0822c5..4871068b7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "benchmarks/ejs"]
 	path = benchmarks/ejs
 	url = git://github.com/visionmedia/ejs.git
+[submodule "benchmarks/haml"]
+	path = benchmarks/haml
+	url = git://github.com/visionmedia/haml.js.git
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0ef2d5c0..a8831158d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ api.html: lib/jade.js
 benchmark:
 	@node benchmarks/jade.js && \
 	 node benchmarks/haml.js && \
+	 node benchmarks/haml2.js && \
 	 node benchmarks/ejs.js
 
 .PHONY: install uninstall test example benchmark
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diff --git a/benchmarks/example2.haml b/benchmarks/example2.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..236e790c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/example2.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+%ul
+  %li!= one
+  %li!= two
+  %li!= three
+  - each item in items
+    %li!= item
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diff --git a/benchmarks/haml b/benchmarks/haml
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..382bc11ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/haml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 382bc11ce4fd03403bcf2c0ed5545a4c891b60c2
diff --git a/benchmarks/haml.js b/benchmarks/haml.js
index c45442ce1..7afbf36bf 100644
--- a/benchmarks/haml.js
+++ b/benchmarks/haml.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var bm = require('./common'),
 var str = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/example.haml', 'ascii');
 
 var n = bm.times;
-bm.start('haml compilation');
+bm.start('haml-js compilation');
 while (n--) {
     haml(str);
 }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ bm.stop();
 
 var n = bm.times;
 var fn = haml(str);
-bm.start('haml execution');
+bm.start('haml-js execution');
 while (n--) {
     fn.call('whatever scope', bm.locals);
 }
diff --git a/benchmarks/haml2.js b/benchmarks/haml2.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1ad2992b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/haml2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+/**
+ * Module dependencies.
+ */
+
+var bm = require('./common'),
+    haml = require('./haml/lib/haml'),
+    fs = require('fs');
+
+var str = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/example2.haml', 'ascii');
+
+var n = bm.times;
+bm.start('haml compilation');
+while (n--) {
+    haml.render(str, {
+        locals: bm.locals
+    });
+}
+bm.stop();
+
+var n = bm.times;
+bm.start('haml execution');
+while (n--) {
+    haml.render(str, {
+        locals: bm.locals,
+        cache: true,
+        filename: 'example2.haml'
+    });
+}
+bm.stop();
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