diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index 290173233..10c32de0f 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ name = "sync_mpsc_oneshot"
 path = "sync_mpsc_oneshot.rs"
 harness = false
 
+[[bench]]
+name = "sync_watch"
+path = "sync_watch.rs"
+harness = false
+
 [[bench]]
 name = "rt_multi_threaded"
 path = "rt_multi_threaded.rs"
diff --git a/benches/sync_watch.rs b/benches/sync_watch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..401f83c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/sync_watch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use bencher::{black_box, Bencher};
+use rand::prelude::*;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::sync::{watch, Notify};
+
+fn rt() -> tokio::runtime::Runtime {
+    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .worker_threads(6)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+fn do_work(rng: &mut impl RngCore) -> u32 {
+    use std::fmt::Write;
+    let mut message = String::new();
+    for i in 1..=10 {
+        let _ = write!(&mut message, " {i}={}", rng.gen::<f64>());
+    }
+    message
+        .as_bytes()
+        .iter()
+        .map(|&c| c as u32)
+        .fold(0, u32::wrapping_add)
+}
+
+fn contention_resubscribe(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    const NTASK: u64 = 1000;
+
+    let rt = rt();
+    let (snd, rcv) = watch::channel(0i32);
+    let wg = Arc::new((AtomicU64::new(0), Notify::new()));
+    for n in 0..NTASK {
+        let mut rcv = rcv.clone();
+        let wg = wg.clone();
+        let mut rng = rand::rngs::StdRng::seed_from_u64(n);
+        rt.spawn(async move {
+            while rcv.changed().await.is_ok() {
+                let _ = *rcv.borrow(); // contend on rwlock
+                let r = do_work(&mut rng);
+                let _ = black_box(r);
+                if wg.0.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::Release) == 1 {
+                    wg.1.notify_one();
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    b.iter(|| {
+        rt.block_on(async {
+            for _ in 0..100 {
+                assert_eq!(wg.0.fetch_add(NTASK, Ordering::Relaxed), 0);
+                let _ = snd.send(black_box(42));
+                while wg.0.load(Ordering::Acquire) > 0 {
+                    wg.1.notified().await;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+bencher::benchmark_group!(contention, contention_resubscribe);
+
+bencher::benchmark_main!(contention);