diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a02ae94e784dc4a82d1ed2f30af0d548b73908f..3c2a609f84a3ccf33528f5fe4adf6f0db23f4da9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -570,6 +570,9 @@ if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
 add_dependencies(buildtests_cxx bm_closure)
 endif()
 if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
+add_dependencies(buildtests_cxx bm_cq)
+endif()
+if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
 add_dependencies(buildtests_cxx bm_fullstack)
 endif()
 add_dependencies(buildtests_cxx channel_arguments_test)
@@ -7393,6 +7396,44 @@ endif (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
 if (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
 if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
 
+add_executable(bm_cq
+  test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_cq.cc
+  third_party/googletest/src/gtest-all.cc
+)
+
+
+target_include_directories(bm_cq
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
+  PRIVATE ${BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR}/include
+  PRIVATE ${PROTOBUF_ROOT_DIR}/src
+  PRIVATE ${BENCHMARK_ROOT_DIR}/include
+  PRIVATE ${ZLIB_ROOT_DIR}
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third_party/zlib
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third_party/gflags/include
+  PRIVATE third_party/googletest/include
+  PRIVATE third_party/googletest
+  PRIVATE ${_gRPC_PROTO_GENS_DIR}
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(bm_cq
+  ${_gRPC_PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES}
+  ${_gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES}
+  benchmark
+  grpc++_test_util
+  grpc_test_util
+  grpc++
+  grpc
+  gpr_test_util
+  gpr
+  ${_gRPC_GFLAGS_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
+endif()
+endif (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
+if (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
+if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
+
 add_executable(bm_fullstack
   test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_fullstack.cc
   third_party/googletest/src/gtest-all.cc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6fd788b3c41b35538158e7441fbd6ccc00a5e1cd..0571e1dec18e23ee93e5606404d6cff99d58b158 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ alarm_cpp_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alarm_cpp_test
 async_end2end_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/async_end2end_test
 auth_property_iterator_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/auth_property_iterator_test
 bm_closure: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_closure
+bm_cq: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq
 bm_fullstack: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_fullstack
 channel_arguments_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_arguments_test
 channel_filter_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_filter_test
@@ -1446,6 +1447,7 @@ buildtests_cxx: privatelibs_cxx \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/async_end2end_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/auth_property_iterator_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_closure \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_fullstack \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_arguments_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_filter_test \
@@ -1552,6 +1554,7 @@ buildtests_cxx: privatelibs_cxx \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/async_end2end_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/auth_property_iterator_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_closure \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_fullstack \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_arguments_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_filter_test \
@@ -1870,6 +1873,8 @@ test_cxx: buildtests_cxx
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/auth_property_iterator_test || ( echo test auth_property_iterator_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing bm_closure"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_closure || ( echo test bm_closure failed ; exit 1 )
+	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing bm_cq"
+	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq || ( echo test bm_cq failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing bm_fullstack"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_fullstack || ( echo test bm_fullstack failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing channel_arguments_test"
@@ -12330,6 +12335,49 @@ endif
 endif
 
 
+BM_CQ_SRC = \
+    test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_cq.cc \
+
+BM_CQ_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(BM_CQ_SRC))))
+ifeq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+
+# You can't build secure targets if you don't have OpenSSL.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq: openssl_dep_error
+
+else
+
+
+
+
+ifeq ($(NO_PROTOBUF),true)
+
+# You can't build the protoc plugins or protobuf-enabled targets if you don't have protobuf 3.0.0+.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq: protobuf_dep_error
+
+else
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq: $(PROTOBUF_DEP) $(BM_CQ_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbenchmark.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LDXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(BM_CQ_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbenchmark.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LDLIBSXX) $(LDLIBS_PROTOBUF) $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) $(GTEST_LIB) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq
+
+endif
+
+endif
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_cq.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbenchmark.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+
+deps_bm_cq: $(BM_CQ_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(BM_CQ_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+endif
+
+
 BM_FULLSTACK_SRC = \
     test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_fullstack.cc \
 
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index 9c9c8f4377385a00491d6b9a21c8ed6b4595e485..17a47e7f2fbf9f523f3bab71d12a1a5cd93dfc7a 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -2978,6 +2978,25 @@ targets:
   - mac
   - linux
   - posix
+- name: bm_cq
+  build: test
+  language: c++
+  src:
+  - test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_cq.cc
+  deps:
+  - benchmark
+  - grpc++_test_util
+  - grpc_test_util
+  - grpc++
+  - grpc
+  - gpr_test_util
+  - gpr
+  args:
+  - --benchmark_min_time=0
+  platforms:
+  - mac
+  - linux
+  - posix
 - name: bm_fullstack
   build: test
   language: c++
diff --git a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_cq.cc b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_cq.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..195dcef3abdf1170163eaf2d29405bf03207215e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_cq.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+/* This benchmark exists to ensure that the benchmark integration is
+ * working */
+
+#include <grpc++/completion_queue.h>
+#include <grpc++/impl/grpc_library.h>
+#include <grpc/grpc.h>
+
+#include "third_party/benchmark/include/benchmark/benchmark.h"
+
+extern "C" {
+#include "src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.h"
+}
+
+namespace grpc {
+namespace testing {
+
+static class InitializeStuff {
+ public:
+  InitializeStuff() { init_lib_.init(); }
+  ~InitializeStuff() { init_lib_.shutdown(); }
+
+ private:
+  internal::GrpcLibrary init_lib_;
+  internal::GrpcLibraryInitializer init_;
+} initialize_stuff;
+
+static void BM_CreateDestroyCpp(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    CompletionQueue cq;
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_CreateDestroyCpp);
+
+static void BM_CreateDestroyCore(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    grpc_completion_queue_destroy(grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL));
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_CreateDestroyCore);
+
+static void DoneWithCompletionOnStack(grpc_exec_ctx* exec_ctx, void* arg,
+                                      grpc_cq_completion* completion) {}
+
+class DummyTag final : public CompletionQueueTag {
+ public:
+  bool FinalizeResult(void** tag, bool* status) override { return true; }
+};
+
+static void BM_Pass1Cpp(benchmark::State& state) {
+  CompletionQueue cq;
+  grpc_completion_queue* c_cq = cq.cq();
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    grpc_cq_completion completion;
+    DummyTag dummy_tag;
+    grpc_exec_ctx exec_ctx = GRPC_EXEC_CTX_INIT;
+    grpc_cq_begin_op(c_cq, &dummy_tag);
+    grpc_cq_end_op(&exec_ctx, c_cq, &dummy_tag, GRPC_ERROR_NONE,
+                   DoneWithCompletionOnStack, NULL, &completion);
+    grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
+    void* tag;
+    bool ok;
+    cq.Next(&tag, &ok);
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_Pass1Cpp);
+
+static void BM_Pass1Core(benchmark::State& state) {
+  grpc_completion_queue* cq = grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL);
+  gpr_timespec deadline = gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    grpc_cq_completion completion;
+    grpc_exec_ctx exec_ctx = GRPC_EXEC_CTX_INIT;
+    grpc_cq_begin_op(cq, NULL);
+    grpc_cq_end_op(&exec_ctx, cq, NULL, GRPC_ERROR_NONE,
+                   DoneWithCompletionOnStack, NULL, &completion);
+    grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
+    grpc_completion_queue_next(cq, deadline, NULL);
+  }
+  grpc_completion_queue_destroy(cq);
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_Pass1Core);
+
+}  // namespace testing
+}  // namespace grpc
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
index 9f31d1f9fd40539a00883d6c76f83c0476f92c82..ce1868df80631f345b72261e7faba2d64d5f0a5c 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -2330,6 +2330,26 @@
     "third_party": false, 
     "type": "target"
   }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
+      "benchmark", 
+      "gpr", 
+      "gpr_test_util", 
+      "grpc", 
+      "grpc++", 
+      "grpc++_test_util", 
+      "grpc_test_util"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [], 
+    "is_filegroup": false, 
+    "language": "c++", 
+    "name": "bm_cq", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_cq.cc"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "target"
+  }, 
   {
     "deps": [
       "benchmark", 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
index 0cfdab4c5eb40d3ba370babb8dcb6793e23ce2bc..142e5bea4ad886f2b2a114f33b774a68dad931e7 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
@@ -2469,6 +2469,28 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "--benchmark_min_time=0"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "gtest": false, 
+    "language": "c++", 
+    "name": "bm_cq", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "--benchmark_min_time=0"
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_microbenchmark.py b/tools/run_tests/run_microbenchmark.py
index d709cfc92a414a53f7b5741d487245b8763fb3e9..a60178d2ddc5df118a08143cc995f835cbae21a3 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_microbenchmark.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_microbenchmark.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ argp.add_argument('-c', '--collect',
                   default=sorted(collectors.keys()),
                   help='Which collectors should be run against each benchmark')
 argp.add_argument('-b', '--benchmarks',
-                  default=['bm_fullstack', 'bm_closure'],
+                  default=['bm_fullstack', 'bm_closure', 'bm_cq'],
                   nargs='+',
                   type=str,
                   help='Which microbenchmarks should be run')