diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d639c352..0b8993ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target/
-/parser/target/
\ No newline at end of file
+/parser/target/
+/benchmarking/target/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/benchmarking/pom.xml b/benchmarking/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98f4655c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarking/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <artifactId>moquette-parent</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.dna.mqtt</groupId>
+        <version>0.1</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>moquette-bechmark</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <version>0.1</version>
+    <name>Moquette - Benchmarking tool</name>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+<!--        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mina-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.4</version>
+        </dependency>-->
+        
+        <!--        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
+            <version>1.6.4</version>
+        </dependency>-->
+        
+        
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <version>1.6.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.dna.mqtt</groupId>
+            <artifactId>moquette-parser</artifactId>
+            <version>0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.fusesource.mqtt-client</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mqtt-client</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3</version>
+        </dependency>
+                
+<!--        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.8.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        
+         needs extra dependencies: objenesis & hamcrest 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>  
+            <version>1.9.0</version> 
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>-->
+    </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.5</source>
+                    <target>1.5</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+<!--            
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>org/dna/mqtt/moquette/proto/TestUtils.java</exclude>
+                        <exclude>org/dna/mqtt/moquette/proto/TestUtils$*</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            
+            
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <mainClass>org.dna.mqtt.moquette.server.Server</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                    <descriptorRefs>
+                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+                    </descriptorRefs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>-->
+            
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    
+<!--    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>Fusesource Releases</id>
+            <url>http://repo.fusesource.com/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>-->
+</project>
diff --git a/benchmarking/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/bechnmark/Main.java b/benchmarking/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/bechnmark/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7625ae28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarking/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/bechnmark/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.dna.mqtt.bechnmark;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Benchmark tool entry point.
+ * 
+ * You could set the number of producers and consumers
+ * 
+ * @author andrea
+ */
+public class Main {
+    private static final int PUBLISHER_POOL_SIZE = 2;
+    
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(PUBLISHER_POOL_SIZE);
+        
+        pool.submit(new Producer("Client1"));
+        
+        pool.shutdown();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/benchmarking/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/bechnmark/Producer.java b/benchmarking/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/bechnmark/Producer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14641e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarking/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/bechnmark/Producer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package org.dna.mqtt.bechnmark;
+
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import org.fusesource.mqtt.client.BlockingConnection;
+import org.fusesource.mqtt.client.MQTT;
+import org.fusesource.mqtt.client.QoS;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This class only publish MQTT messages to a define topic with a certain frequency.
+ * 
+ * 
+ * @author andrea
+ */
+public class Producer implements Runnable {
+    
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Producer.class);
+    
+    private String m_clientID;
+    
+    public Producer(String clientID) {
+        m_clientID = clientID;
+    }
+
+    public void run() {
+        MQTT mqtt = new MQTT();
+        try {
+//            mqtt.setHost("test.mosquitto.org", 1883);
+            mqtt.setHost("localhost", 1883);
+        } catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
+            LOG.error(null, ex);
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        mqtt.setClientId(m_clientID);
+        BlockingConnection connection = mqtt.blockingConnection();
+        try {
+            connection.connect();
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            LOG.error("Cant't CONNECT to the server", ex);
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        //TODO loop
+        try {
+            LOG.info("Publishing");
+            connection.publish("/topic", "Hello world MQTT!!".getBytes(), QoS.AT_MOST_ONCE, false);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            LOG.error("Cant't PUSBLISH to the server", ex);
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            LOG.info("Disconneting");
+            connection.disconnect();
+            LOG.info("Disconnected");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            LOG.error("Cant't DISCONNECT to the server", ex);
+        }
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b48caba..6f6446a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
     <modules>
         <module>parser</module>
+        <module>benchmarking</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>