diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/tests/Makefile.am b/legacy/eina/src/tests/Makefile.am
index 65708ba15f..748538e9e5 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ eina_bench_sort.c	\
 eina_bench_hash.c 	\
 eina_bench_stringshare.c \
 eina_bench_convert.c	\
+eina_bench_mempool.c	\
 eina_bench_stringshare_e17.c \
 eina_bench_array.c
 
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench.c b/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench.c
index 4f231a6c76..93b17d402d 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench.c
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static const Eina_Benchmark_Case etc[] = {
   { "Stringshare", eina_bench_stringshare },
   { "Convert", eina_bench_convert },
   { "Sort", eina_bench_sort },
+  { "Mempool", eina_bench_mempool },
   { NULL, NULL }
 };
 
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
    if (argc != 2) return -1;
 
+   _mempool_init();
+
    eina_benchmark_init();
 
    for (i = 0; etc[i].bench_case != NULL; ++i)
@@ -92,15 +95,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	eina_benchmark_free(test);
      }
 
-   _mempool_init();
-
    eina_bench_e17();
 
-   eina_mempool_shutdown();
-
    eina_benchmark_shutdown();
 
    _mempool_shutdown();
-   
    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench.h b/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench.h
index 685fb2cb0a..f4b7a3ae9d 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench.h
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ void eina_bench_array(Eina_Benchmark *bench);
 void eina_bench_stringshare(Eina_Benchmark *bench);
 void eina_bench_convert(Eina_Benchmark *bench);
 void eina_bench_sort(Eina_Benchmark *bench);
+void eina_bench_mempool(Eina_Benchmark *bench);
 
 /* Specific benchmark. */
 void eina_bench_e17(void);
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench_mempool.c b/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench_mempool.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb290f8f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/tests/eina_bench_mempool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/* EINA - EFL data type library
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Cedric Bail
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library;
+ * if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "eina_bench.h"
+#include "eina_array.h"
+#include "eina_mempool.h"
+
+static void
+_eina_mempool_bench(Eina_Mempool *mp, int request)
+{
+   Eina_Array *array;
+   int i;
+   int j;
+
+   eina_array_init();
+   array = eina_array_new(32);
+
+   for (i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
+     {
+	for (j = 0; j < request; ++j)
+	  {
+	     eina_array_push(array, eina_mempool_alloc(mp, sizeof (int)));
+	  }
+
+	for (j = 0; j < request; ++j)
+	  {
+	     eina_mempool_free(mp, eina_array_pop(array));
+	  }
+     }
+
+   eina_array_free(array);
+   eina_array_shutdown();
+}
+
+static void
+eina_mempool_chained_mempool(int request)
+{
+   Eina_Mempool *mp;
+
+   mp = eina_mempool_new("chained_mempool", "test", NULL, sizeof (int), 256);
+   _eina_mempool_bench(mp, request);
+   eina_mempool_delete(mp);
+}
+
+static void
+eina_mempool_pass_through(int request)
+{
+   Eina_Mempool *mp;
+
+   mp = eina_mempool_new("pass_through", "test", NULL, sizeof (int), 8, 0);
+   _eina_mempool_bench(mp, request);
+   eina_mempool_delete(mp);
+}
+
+static void
+eina_mempool_fixed_bitmap(int request)
+{
+   Eina_Mempool *mp;
+
+   mp = eina_mempool_new("fixed_bitmap", "test", NULL, sizeof (int));
+   _eina_mempool_bench(mp, request);
+   eina_mempool_delete(mp);
+}
+
+#ifdef EINA_EMEMOA_SUPPORT
+static void
+eina_mempool_ememoa_fixed(int request)
+{
+   Eina_Mempool *mp;
+
+   mp = eina_mempool_new("ememoa_fixed", "test", NULL, sizeof (int), 8, 0);
+   _eina_mempool_bench(mp, request);
+   eina_mempool_delete(mp);
+}
+
+static void
+eina_mempool_ememoa_unknown(int request)
+{
+   Eina_Mempool *mp;
+
+   mp = eina_mempool_new("ememoa_unknown", "test", NULL, 0, 2, sizeof (int), 8, sizeof (int) * 2, 8);
+   _eina_mempool_bench(mp, request);
+   eina_mempool_delete(mp);
+}
+#endif
+
+void
+eina_bench_mempool(Eina_Benchmark *bench)
+{
+/*    eina_benchmark_register(bench, "chained mempool", EINA_BENCHMARK(eina_mempool_chained_mempool), 10, 100, 10); */
+   eina_benchmark_register(bench, "pass through", EINA_BENCHMARK(eina_mempool_pass_through), 10, 10000, 100);
+   eina_benchmark_register(bench, "fixed bitmap", EINA_BENCHMARK(eina_mempool_fixed_bitmap), 10, 10000, 100);
+#ifdef EINA_EMEMOA_SUPPORT
+   eina_benchmark_register(bench, "ememoa fixed", EINA_BENCHMARK(eina_mempool_ememoa_fixed), 10, 10000, 100);
+   eina_benchmark_register(bench, "ememoa unknown", EINA_BENCHMARK(eina_mempool_ememoa_unknown), 10, 10000, 100);
+#endif
+}