diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5edc2b8..27f0a3d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "support/jade"]
 	path = support/jade
 	url = git://github.com/visionmedia/jade.git
+[submodule "benchmarks/node-o3-canvas"]
+	path = benchmarks/node-o3-canvas
+	url = https://github.com/ajaxorg/node-o3-canvas.git
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b144a0c..3e6876b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ test-server:
 	@node test/server.js
 
 benchmark:
-	@node examples/benchmark.js
+	@node benchmarks/run.js
 
 .PHONY: test test-server benchmark
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/benchmarks/node-o3-canvas b/benchmarks/node-o3-canvas
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..6fa7b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/node-o3-canvas
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6fa7b2316fb3b9c3165efdceb15dba24342cd343
diff --git a/examples/benchmark.js b/benchmarks/run.js
similarity index 97%
rename from examples/benchmark.js
rename to benchmarks/run.js
index 6cb6548..095042a 100644
--- a/examples/benchmark.js
+++ b/benchmarks/run.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 var Canvas = require('../lib/canvas')
   , canvas = new Canvas(200, 200)
-  , largeCanvas = new Canvas(1000, 1000)
   , ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
 
 var times = 10000;