diff --git a/debezium-microbenchmark-embedded/pom.xml b/debezium-microbenchmark-embedded/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e59b21967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-microbenchmark-embedded/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+        <artifactId>debezium-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../debezium-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>debezium-microbenchmark-embedded</artifactId>
+    <name>Debezium Embedded Engine Microbenchmark Tests</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                <artifactId>debezium-microbenchmark</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                <artifactId>debezium-embedded</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>debezium-microbenchmark</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+            <artifactId>debezium-embedded</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.DontIncludeResourceTransformer">
+                                    <resource>MANIFEST.MF</resource>
+                                </transformer>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                    <mainClass>org.openjdk.jmh.Main</mainClass>
+                                </transformer>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                            </transformers>
+                            <filters>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <!--
+                                        Shading signed JARs will fail without this.
+                                        http://stackoverflow.com/questions/999489/invalid-signature-file-when-attempting-to-run-a-jar
+                                    -->
+                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </filter>
+                            </filters>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/debezium-microbenchmark-embedded/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml b/debezium-microbenchmark-embedded/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a199d5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-microbenchmark-embedded/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<configuration>
+
+    <appender name="CONSOLE"
+        class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{ISO8601} %-5p  %X{dbz.connectorType}|%X{dbz.connectorName}|%X{dbz.connectorContext}  %m   [%c]%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="warn">
+        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+    </root>
+
+    <!-- Set up the default logging to be INFO level, then override specific 
+        units -->
+    <logger name="io.debezium" level="info" additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+    </logger>
+    <logger
+        name="io.debezium.embedded.EmbeddedEngine$EmbeddedConfig"
+        level="warn" additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+    </logger>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec047afdc..16d164f7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
         <module>debezium-connector-mongodb</module>
         <module>debezium-connector-sqlserver</module>
         <module>debezium-connector-oracle</module>
+        <module>debezium-microbenchmark-embedded</module>
         <module>debezium-microbenchmark</module>
         <module>debezium-microbenchmark-oracle</module>
         <module>debezium-quarkus-outbox-common</module>