diff --git a/index/upside_down/benchmark_common_test.go b/index/upside_down/benchmark_common_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff9a854a
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+++ b/index/upside_down/benchmark_common_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package upside_down
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/couchbaselabs/bleve/document"
+	"github.com/couchbaselabs/bleve/index/store"
+)
+
+func CommonBenchmarkIndex(b *testing.B, s store.KVStore) {
+
+	index := NewUpsideDownCouch(s)
+
+	indexDocument := document.NewDocument("").
+		AddField(document.NewTextField("body", []byte("A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE, /ˈblɛviː/ blev-ee) is an explosion caused by the rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid above its boiling point.")))
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		indexDocument.ID = strconv.Itoa(i)
+		err := index.Update(indexDocument)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/index/upside_down/benchmark_forestdb_test.go b/index/upside_down/benchmark_forestdb_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3adf467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index/upside_down/benchmark_forestdb_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// +build forestdb
+
+package upside_down
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/couchbaselabs/bleve/index/store/goforestdb"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkForestDBIndexing(b *testing.B) {
+	s, err := goforestdb.Open("test")
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll("test")
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	CommonBenchmarkIndex(b, s)
+}
diff --git a/index/upside_down/benchmark_gouchstore_test.go b/index/upside_down/benchmark_gouchstore_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cca9d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index/upside_down/benchmark_gouchstore_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package upside_down
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/couchbaselabs/bleve/index/store/gouchstore"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkGouchstoreIndexing(b *testing.B) {
+	s, err := gouchstore.Open("test")
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll("test")
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	CommonBenchmarkIndex(b, s)
+}
diff --git a/index/upside_down/benchmark_leveldb_test.go b/index/upside_down/benchmark_leveldb_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef5f08c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index/upside_down/benchmark_leveldb_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package upside_down
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/couchbaselabs/bleve/index/store/leveldb"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkLevelDBIndexing(b *testing.B) {
+	s, err := leveldb.Open("test")
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll("test")
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	CommonBenchmarkIndex(b, s)
+}