diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f54c5b3f8c07..d14134747b3d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ endif()
 # If no test policy enable by default
 option(KRATOS_BUILD_TESTING "KRATOS_BUILD_TESTING defines if the C++ tests are compiled. These increase compilation time, but if not set only python tests can be executed. Default setting is ON" ON)
 
+# If no benchmark policy enable by default
+option(KRATOS_BUILD_BENCHMARK "KRATOS_BUILD_BENCHMARK defines if the C++ benchmarks (Google benchmark) are compiled. These increase compilation time. Default setting is OFF" OFF)
+
 # If no pch policy disable by default
 option(KRATOS_USE_PCH "KRATOS_USE_PCH defines if pch will be used during the compilation. This may will decrease compilation for clean build or if core components are touched. Default setting is OFF" OFF)
 
@@ -288,6 +291,7 @@ SET(INSTALL_PYTHON_FILES ON)        # To be removed when all applications are po
 include(install_function)
 include(KratosDependencies)
 include(KratosGTest)
+include(KratosGBenchmark)
 include(FetchContent)
 
 # Logger configuration
@@ -320,6 +324,31 @@ if(KRATOS_BUILD_TESTING MATCHES ON)
   set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "${kratos_root_compile_options}")
 endif(KRATOS_BUILD_TESTING MATCHES ON) 
 
+# Benchmarking
+if(KRATOS_BUILD_BENCHMARK MATCHES ON)
+  # Add the definitions if required
+  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DKRATOS_BUILD_BENCHMARKING)
+
+  # Retrieve a copy of the current directory's `COMPILE_OPTIONS`
+  get_directory_property(kratos_root_compile_options COMPILE_OPTIONS)
+
+  # Disable warnings (needed by centos. We should all love centos, it clearly needs some affection)
+  add_compile_options(-w)
+
+  FetchContent_Declare(
+    googlebenchmark
+    URL https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/v1.9.0.zip
+  )
+  # For Windows: Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker settings
+  set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR "libs") # In Linux default dir is lib
+  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR "libs") # In Win default dir is bin
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googlebenchmark)
+
+  # Restore the current directory's old `COMPILE_OPTIONS`
+  set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "${kratos_root_compile_options}")
+endif(KRATOS_BUILD_BENCHMARK MATCHES ON)
+
 ################### PYBIND11
 
 # Try to use python executable from env variable
diff --git a/cmake_modules/KratosGBenchmark.cmake b/cmake_modules/KratosGBenchmark.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f51efaf4fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake_modules/KratosGBenchmark.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# This function automatically configures a given application to build its benchmarks
+macro(kratos_add_benchmarks)
+    set(options USE_MPI USE_CUSTOM_MAIN)
+    set(oneValueArgs TARGET WORKING_DIRECTORY)
+    set(multiValueArgs SOURCES)
+
+    cmake_parse_arguments(KRATOS_ADD_BENCHMARK "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
+
+    if(KRATOS_ADD_BENCHMARK_SOURCES)
+        include(GoogleBenchmark)
+    endif(KRATOS_ADD_BENCHMARK_SOURCES)
+
+endmacro(kratos_add_benchmarks)
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diff --git a/kratos/CMakeLists.txt b/kratos/CMakeLists.txt
index 825fb49776b4..282ba4101292 100644
--- a/kratos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kratos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ if(${KRATOS_BUILD_TESTING} MATCHES ON)
     gtest_discover_tests(KratosCoreTest DISCOVERY_MODE PRE_TEST)
 endif(${KRATOS_BUILD_TESTING} MATCHES ON)
 
+## Kratos benchmark sources. Disabled by default
+if(${KRATOS_BUILD_BENCHMARK} MATCHES ON)
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE KRATOS_BENCHMARK_SOURCES 
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/benchmarks/*.cpp
+    )
+
+    foreach(file ${KRATOS_BENCHMARK_SOURCES})
+        get_filename_component(filename ${file} NAME_WE)
+        add_executable(${filename} ${file})
+        target_link_libraries(${filename} PUBLIC KratosCore benchmark::benchmark)
+        set_target_properties(${filename} PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "KRATOS_BENCHMARK=IMPORT,API")
+        install(TARGETS ${filename} DESTINATION benchmark)
+    endforeach(file ${KRATOS_BENCHMARK_SOURCES})
+endif(${KRATOS_BUILD_BENCHMARK} MATCHES ON)
+
 ## Define KratosVersion object
 add_library(KratosVersion OBJECT ${KRATOS_VERSION_SOURCES})
 set_target_properties(KratosVersion PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "KRATOS_VERSION=IMPORT,API")
diff --git a/kratos/benchmarks/example_benchmark.cpp b/kratos/benchmarks/example_benchmark.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae2d2ad07bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kratos/benchmarks/example_benchmark.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//    |  /           |
+//    ' /   __| _` | __|  _ \   __|
+//    . \  |   (   | |   (   |\__ `
+//   _|\_\_|  \__,_|\__|\___/ ____/
+//                   Multi-Physics
+//
+//  License:         BSD License
+//                   Kratos default license: kratos/license.txt
+//
+//  Main authors:    Vicente Mataix Ferrandiz
+//
+
+// System includes
+
+// External includes
+#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+
+// Project includes
+#include "geometries/point.h"
+#include "geometries/triangle_3d_3.h"
+#include "utilities/geometry_utilities/nearest_point_utilities.h"
+
+namespace Kratos
+{
+
+// Sample data for benchmarking
+Point::Pointer p_point_1(make_shared<Point>( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0));
+Point::Pointer p_point_2(make_shared<Point>( 1.0, 0.0, 0.0));
+Point::Pointer p_point_3(make_shared<Point>( 0.0, 1.0, 0.0));
+
+Triangle3D3<Point> triangle(p_point_1, p_point_3, p_point_2);
+Point nearest_point(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+Point inside_point(0.2, 0.1, 0.00);
+
+static void BM_TriangleNearestPoint(benchmark::State& state) {
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        NearestPointUtilities::TriangleNearestPoint(inside_point, triangle, nearest_point);
+    }
+}
+
+// Register the function as a benchmark
+BENCHMARK(BM_TriangleNearestPoint);
+
+}  // namespace Kratos
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();
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diff --git a/kratos/python_scripts/benchmark/generate_plot_google_benchmark.py b/kratos/python_scripts/benchmark/generate_plot_google_benchmark.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7744cff62d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kratos/python_scripts/benchmark/generate_plot_google_benchmark.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import json
+import pandas as pd
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import argparse
+
+def main(filenames):
+    """
+    Main function to generate a combined plot from multiple Google Benchmark JSON outputs.
+
+    Args:
+        filenames (list of str): List of paths to the JSON files containing benchmark results.
+
+    The function performs the following steps:
+    1. Loads the JSON files specified in the filenames list.
+    2. Combines the 'benchmarks' section of all JSON data into a single pandas DataFrame.
+    3. Plots the 'cpu_time' and 'real_time' for each benchmark with bars grouped by input filename.
+
+    The resulting plot displays:
+    - X-axis: Benchmark names (with labels based on input filenames)
+    - Y-axis: Time in nanoseconds
+    - Bars grouped by CPU Time and Real Time for each file
+
+    NOTE: The JSON files must be generated using Google Benchmark with:
+    ./benchmark_name --benchmark_format=json --benchmark_out=filename.json
+    """
+    combined_data = []
+
+    # Process each JSON file
+    for filename in filenames:
+        with open(filename) as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+
+        # Extract benchmark information and add filename as a source
+        benchmarks = data["benchmarks"]
+        for benchmark in benchmarks:
+            benchmark["source"] = filename
+        combined_data.extend(benchmarks)
+
+    # Convert combined data to a pandas DataFrame
+    benchmark_df = pd.DataFrame(combined_data)
+
+    # Plot the results
+    plt.figure(figsize=(12, 8))
+    bar_width = 0.35
+    x_labels = benchmark_df["name"].unique()
+    x = range(len(x_labels))
+    offset = 0
+
+    # Plot for each input file
+    for filename in filenames:
+        subset = benchmark_df[benchmark_df["source"] == filename]
+        plt.bar(
+            [pos + offset for pos in x],
+            subset["real_time"],
+            bar_width,
+            label=f"{filename} - Real Time",
+            alpha=0.7
+        )
+        plt.bar(
+            [pos + offset for pos in x],
+            subset["cpu_time"],
+            bar_width,
+            label=f"{filename} - CPU Time",
+            alpha=0.7
+        )
+        offset += bar_width
+
+    # Customize the plot
+    plt.title("Benchmark Performance Across Files")
+    plt.xlabel("Benchmark Name")
+    plt.ylabel("Time (ns)")
+    plt.xticks([pos + bar_width for pos in x], x_labels, rotation=45, ha="right")
+    plt.legend()
+    plt.tight_layout()
+
+    # Show the plot
+    plt.show()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    """
+    This script can be run from the command line to generate a combined plot from multiple Google Benchmark JSON outputs.
+    Example usage:
+    python generate_plot_google_benchmark.py --filenames filename1.json filename2.json
+    """
+    # Parse command line arguments
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Generate a combined plot from multiple Google Benchmark JSON results.')
+    parser.add_argument('--filenames', nargs='+', type=str, help='The list of JSON files containing benchmark results')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    main(args.filenames)
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