diff --git a/benchmark/index.html b/benchmark/index.html
index 529cd90..ce8191f 100644
--- a/benchmark/index.html
+++ b/benchmark/index.html
@@ -69,16 +69,18 @@ <h1>shootout</h1>
 
     <div id="content">
       <div id="charts"></div>
-      <p style="clear: both">Targets: <a href="http://akdubya.github.com/dustjs">Dust</a>, <a href="http://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js">Handlebars</a>, <a href="http://mustache.github.com/">Mustache</a>, <a href="http://api.jquery.com/tmpl/">jquery-tmpl</a>. Each benchmark runs once using an adaptive test cycles algorithm similar to the one found in <a href="http://github.com/broofa/jslitmus">jslitmus</a>.</p>
+      <p style="clear: both">Targets: <a href="http://akdubya.github.com/dustjs">Dust</a>, <a href="http://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js">Handlebars</a>, <a href="http://mustache.github.com/">Mustache</a>, <a href="http://api.jquery.com/tmpl/">jquery-tmpl</a>, <a href="http://underscorejs.org/">Underscore</a>. Each benchmark runs once using an adaptive test cycles algorithm similar to the one found in <a href="http://github.com/broofa/jslitmus">jslitmus</a>.</p>
     </div>
 
     <script src="../vendor/jquery.min.js"></script>
     <script src="uubench.js"></script>
-    <script src="../dist/dust-full-0.2.5.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="../dist/dust-full-0.3.0.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="http://underscorejs.org/underscore-min.js" ></script>
     <script src="suites/dust_suite.js"></script>
     <script src="suites/mustache_suite.js"></script>
     <script src="suites/handlebars_suite.js"></script>
     <script src="suites/jquery_suite.js"></script>
+    <script src="suites/underscore_suite.js"></script>
     <script src="http://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/raw/766497bb553a926c046c5e5b50ee35529d168ba5/lib/handlebars.js"></script>
     <script src="http://github.com/janl/mustache.js/raw/master/mustache.js"></script>
     <script src="http://github.com/jquery/jquery-tmpl/raw/master/jquery.tmpl.js"></script>
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ <h1>shootout</h1>
           handlebarsBench(suite, type, "handlebars");
           mustacheBench(suite, type, "mustache");
           jqueryBench(suite, type, "jquery");
+          underscoreBench(suite, type, "underscore");
           suite.run();
         }
 
diff --git a/benchmark/suites/handlebars_suite.js b/benchmark/suites/handlebars_suite.js
index ae0c88d..fcd636d 100644
--- a/benchmark/suites/handlebars_suite.js
+++ b/benchmark/suites/handlebars_suite.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ var benches = {
              }
   }
 
-}
+};
 
 exports.handlebarsBench = function(suite, name, id) {
   var bench = benches[name],
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ exports.handlebarsBench = function(suite, name, id) {
     fn(ctx, {partials: partials});
     next();
   });
-}
+};
 
 exports.handlebarsBench.benches = benches;
 
diff --git a/benchmark/suites/underscore_suite.js b/benchmark/suites/underscore_suite.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..165c7a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/suites/underscore_suite.js
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+(function(exports){
+
+var benches = {
+
+  string: {
+    source:  "Hello World!",
+    context: {}
+  },
+
+  replace: {
+    source:  "Hello <%= name %>! You have <%= count %> new messages.",
+    context: { name: "Mick", count: 30 }
+  },
+
+  array: {
+    source:   "<% _.each(names, function(item) { %> <%= item.name %> <% }); %>",
+    context:  { names: [{name: "Moe"}, {name: "Larry"}, {name: "Curly"}, {name: "Shemp"}] }
+  },
+
+  object: {
+    source:   "<%= person.name %> <%= person.age %>",
+    context:  { person: { name: "Larry", age: 45 } }
+  },
+
+  partial: {
+    source:   "<% _.each(peeps, function(peep) { %> <%= partials.myPartialTemplate(peep) %> <% }); %>",
+    context:  { peeps: [{name: "Moe", count: 15}, {name: "Larry", count: 5}, {name: "Curly", count: 1}] },
+    partials: { myPartialTemplate: "Hello <%= name %>! You have <%= count %> new messages." }
+  },
+
+  recursion: {
+    source:   "<%= name %> <% _.each(kids, function(kid) { %> <%= partials.recursion({data:kid, partials:partials}) %> <% }); %>",
+    context:  {
+                name: '1',
+                kids: [
+                  {
+                    name: '1.1',
+                    kids: [
+                      {name: '1.1.1'}
+                    ]
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+    partials: { recursion: "<%= data.name %> <% _.each(data.kids, function(kid) { %> <%= partials.recursion({data:kid, partials:partials}) %> <% }); %>" }
+  },
+
+  filter: {
+    source:   "foo <%= filter(bar) %>",
+    context:  {
+                filter: function(str) {
+                  return str.toUpperCase();
+                },
+                bar: "bar"
+              }
+  },
+
+  complex: {
+    source:  "<h1><%= header() %></h1>\n" +
+             "<% if(hasItems) { %>" +
+             "  <% _.each(items, function(item) { %>\n" +
+             "    <ul>\n" +
+             "        <% if(item.current) { %>\n" +
+             "          <li><strong> <%- item.name %> </strong></li>\n" +
+             "        <% } else { %>\n" +
+             "          <li><a href=\" <%- item.url %> \"> <%- item.name %> </a></li>\n" +
+             "        <% } %>\n" +
+             "    </ul>\n" +
+             "  <% }); %>" +
+             "<% } else { %>\n" +
+             "  <p>The list is empty.</p>\n" +
+             "<% } %>",
+    context: {
+               header: function() {
+                 return "Colors";
+               },
+               items: [
+                 {name: "red", current: true, url: "#Red"},
+                 {name: "green", current: false, url: "#Green"},
+                 {name: "blue", current: false, url: "#Blue"}
+               ],
+               hasItems: function(ctx) {
+                  return ctx.items.length ? true : false;
+               }
+             }
+  }
+
+};
+
+exports.underscoreBench = function(suite, name, id) {
+  var bench = benches[name],
+      fn = _.template(bench.source),
+      ctx = bench.context,
+      partials = {};
+
+  if (bench.partials) {
+    for (var key in bench.partials) {
+      partials[key] = _.template(bench.partials[key]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  ctx.partials = partials;
+
+  suite.bench(id || name, function(next) {
+    fn(ctx);
+    next();
+  });
+};
+
+exports.underscoreBench.benches = benches;
+
+})(typeof exports !== "undefined" ? exports : window);