diff --git a/benchmark/src/androidTest/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/benchmark/MurMurBenchmark.kt b/benchmark/src/androidTest/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/benchmark/MurMurBenchmark.kt
index 0eeac0db5..85e76f350 100644
--- a/benchmark/src/androidTest/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/benchmark/MurMurBenchmark.kt
+++ b/benchmark/src/androidTest/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/benchmark/MurMurBenchmark.kt
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ class MurMurBenchmark {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun hash128StringHalfIncludeEncoding() {
+        val hasher = MurmurHash3()
+        val key = RandomInstance.randomChars(64)
+        benchmarkRule.measureRepeated {
+            hasher.hash128x64Half(key.encodeToByteArray(), hasher.hash128x64Half("e".encodeToByteArray(), 293L))
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun hash128With47Bytes() {
         val hasher = MurmurHash3()