diff --git a/bench/Makefile b/bench/Makefile
index 0a65e85a..76f84394 100644
--- a/bench/Makefile
+++ b/bench/Makefile
@@ -351,6 +351,20 @@ bench-ctl0:
 	@./bench-ctl.exe 40
 	@./bench-ctl.exe 50
 
+# STC shall point to the source directory (not where the headers are)
+bench-stc:
+	@if test -n "$${STC}" ; then $(MAKE) bench-stc0 ; else echo "Nothing to be done for STC." ; fi
+
+bench-stc0:
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(XCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -I $${STC}/include bench-stc.c common.c -o bench-stc.exe
+	@./bench-stc.exe 10
+	@./bench-stc.exe 20
+	@./bench-stc.exe 30
+	@./bench-stc.exe 40
+	@./bench-stc.exe 41
+	@./bench-stc.exe 50
+
+
 ############################################################################
 
 bench-mlib-json: bench-mlib
diff --git a/bench/bench-stc.c b/bench/bench-stc.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b1e8b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/bench-stc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+#define NDEBUG
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+/********************************************************************************************/
+
+#define i_val unsigned int
+#define i_tag uint
+#include <stc/cvec.h>
+
+static void test_array(size_t n)
+{
+  cvec_uint a1 = cvec_uint_init(), a2 = cvec_uint_init();
+  
+  for(size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    cvec_uint_push_back(&a1, rand_get() );
+    cvec_uint_push_back(&a2, rand_get() );
+  }
+  unsigned int s = 0;
+  for(unsigned long i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    s += *cvec_uint_at(&a1, i ) * *cvec_uint_at(&a2, i );
+  }
+  g_result = s;
+
+  cvec_uint_drop(&a1);
+  cvec_uint_drop(&a2);
+}
+
+/********************************************************************************************/
+#define i_val unsigned int
+#define i_tag uint
+#include <stc/clist.h>
+
+static void test_list(size_t n)
+{
+  clist_uint a1 = clist_uint_init(), a2 = clist_uint_init();
+  
+  for(size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    clist_uint_push_front(&a1, rand_get() );
+    clist_uint_push_front(&a2, rand_get() );
+  }
+  unsigned int s = 0;
+  for(clist_uint_iter it1 = clist_uint_begin(&a1), it2 = clist_uint_begin(&a2) ;
+      it1.ref != clist_uint_end(&a1).ref ;
+      clist_uint_next(&it1), clist_uint_next(&it2) ) {
+    s += *it1.ref * *it2.ref;
+  }
+  g_result = s;
+
+  clist_uint_drop(&a1);
+  clist_uint_drop(&a2);
+}
+
+/********************************************************************************************/
+
+#define i_tag ulong
+#define i_key unsigned long
+#include <stc/csset.h>
+
+static void test_rbtree(size_t n)
+{
+  csset_ulong tree = csset_ulong_init();
+  
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    csset_ulong_insert(&tree, rand_get() );
+  }
+    
+  rand_init();
+  unsigned int s = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    unsigned long j = rand_get();
+    if (csset_ulong_get(&tree, j ) != NULL)
+      s+= j;
+  }
+  g_result = s;
+  csset_ulong_drop(&tree);
+}
+
+/********************************************************************************************/
+
+#define i_tag ulong
+#define i_key unsigned long
+#define i_val unsigned long
+#include <stc/cmap.h>
+
+static void
+test_dict(size_t  n)
+{
+  cmap_ulong dict = cmap_ulong_init();
+  
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    unsigned long value = rand_get();
+    unsigned long key = rand_get();
+    cmap_ulong_put(&dict, key, value);
+  }
+  rand_init();
+  unsigned int s = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    const cmap_ulong_value*val = cmap_ulong_get(&dict, rand_get());
+    if (val != NULL)
+      s += val->second;
+  }
+  g_result = s;
+  
+  cmap_ulong_drop(&dict);
+}
+
+/********************************************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct {
+  char a[256];
+} char_array_t;
+static inline void char_init (char_array_t *a) { a->a[0] = 0; }
+static inline void char_set (char_array_t *a, const char_array_t b) { strcpy(a->a, b.a); }
+static inline bool char_equal_p (const char_array_t *a, const char_array_t *b) { return strcmp(a->a,b->a)==0; }
+static inline void char_clear (char_array_t *a) { (void)a; }
+static inline size_t char_hash(const char_array_t *a, size_t size) {
+  (void) size;
+  size_t hash = 0;
+  const char *s = a->a;
+  while (*s) hash = hash * 31421 + (*s++) + 6927;
+  return hash;
+}
+
+#define i_tag       achar
+#define i_key       char_array_t
+#define i_val       char_array_t
+#define i_hash      char_hash
+#define i_eq        char_equal_p
+#include <stc/cmap.h>
+
+static void
+test_dict_big(size_t  n)
+{
+  cmap_achar dict = cmap_achar_init();
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    char_array_t s1, s2;
+    sprintf(s1.a, "%u", rand_get());
+    sprintf(s2.a, "%u", rand_get());
+    cmap_achar_put(&dict, s1, s2);
+  }
+  rand_init();
+  unsigned int s = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    char_array_t s1;
+    sprintf(s1.a, "%u", rand_get());
+    const cmap_achar_value*val = cmap_achar_get(&dict, s1);
+    if (val != NULL)
+      s ++;
+  }
+  g_result = s;
+
+  cmap_achar_drop(&dict);
+}
+
+/********************************************************************************************/
+
+#define i_val float
+#define i_tag float
+#include <stc/cvec.h>
+
+static void test_sort(size_t n)
+{
+  cvec_float a1 = cvec_float_init();
+
+  for(size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    cvec_float_push_back(&a1, rand_get() );
+  }
+  cvec_float_sort(&a1);
+  g_result = *cvec_float_at(&a1, 0);
+  cvec_float_drop(&a1);
+}
+
+/********************************************************************************************/
+
+const config_func_t table[] = {
+  { 10,    "List", 10000000, 0, test_list, 0},
+  { 20,   "Array", 100000000, 0, test_array, 0},
+  { 30,  "Rbtree", 1000000, 0, test_rbtree, 0},
+  { 40,    "dict", 1000000, 0, test_dict, 0},
+  { 41, "dictBig", 1000000, 0, test_dict_big, 0},
+  { 50,    "Sort",10000000, 0, test_sort, 0},
+};
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
+{
+  test("STC", numberof(table), table, argc, argv);
+  exit(0);
+}