diff --git a/bench/Main.hs b/bench/Main.hs
--- a/bench/Main.hs
+++ b/bench/Main.hs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 module Main (main) where
 
 import Control.DeepSeq
+import Control.Exception
 import Data.Attoparsec.ByteString as Atto
 import           Data.ByteString as BS
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
@@ -28,12 +29,14 @@
 import GHC.Generics
 
 import "bencode"   Data.BEncode     as A
-import             Data.AttoBencode as B
-import             Data.AttoBencode.Parser as B
 import "bencoding" Data.BEncode     as C
 import "bencoding" Data.BEncode.Internal as C
 import "bencoding" Data.BEncode.Types    as C
 
+#ifdef BENCHMARK_ATTOBENCODE
+import             Data.AttoBencode as B
+import             Data.AttoBencode.Parser as B
+#endif
 
 instance NFData A.BEncode where
     rnf (A.BInt    i) = rnf i
@@ -41,11 +44,13 @@
     rnf (A.BList   l) = rnf l
     rnf (A.BDict   m) = rnf m
 
+#ifdef BENCHMARK_ATTOBENCODE
 instance NFData B.BValue where
     rnf (B.BInt    i) = rnf i
     rnf (B.BString s) = rnf s
     rnf (B.BList   l) = rnf l
     rnf (B.BDict   d) = rnf d
+#endif
 
 getRight :: Either String a -> a
 getRight = either error id
@@ -125,8 +130,7 @@
   torrentFile   <- BS.readFile path
   let lazyTorrentFile = BL.fromChunks [torrentFile]
 
-  case rnf (torrentFile, lazyTorrentFile) of
-    () -> return ()
+  evaluate $ rnf (torrentFile, lazyTorrentFile)
 
   withArgs args $
        defaultMain
@@ -139,15 +143,19 @@
 
        , let Just v = A.bRead lazyTorrentFile in
          bench "encode/bencode"     $ nf A.bPack v
+#ifdef BENCHMARK_ATTOBENCODE
        , let Right v = Atto.parseOnly bValue torrentFile in
          bench "encode/AttoBencode" $ nf B.encode v
+#endif
        , let Right v = C.parse torrentFile in
          bench "encode/bencoding"   $ nf C.build v
 
        , bench "decode+encode/bencode"     $
            nf (A.bPack  . fromJust . A.bRead) lazyTorrentFile
+#ifdef BENCHMARK_ATTOBENCODE
        , bench "decode+encode/AttoBencode" $
            nf (B.encode . getRight . Atto.parseOnly bValue) torrentFile
+#endif
        , bench "decode+encode/bencoding"   $
            nf (C.build . getRight . C.parse) torrentFile
 
@@ -155,8 +163,10 @@
            nf (A.bPack . A.BList . L.map (A.BInt . fromIntegral))
               [0..10000 :: Int]
 
+#ifdef BENCHMARK_ATTOBENCODE
        , bench "list10000int/attobencode/encode" $
            nf B.encode [1..20000 :: Int]
+#endif
        , bench "list10000int/bencoding/encode" $
            nf C.encode [1..20000 :: Int]
 
diff --git a/bencoding.cabal b/bencoding.cabal
--- a/bencoding.cabal
+++ b/bencoding.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                  bencoding
-version:               0.4.4.0
+version:               0.4.5.0
 license:               BSD3
 license-file:          LICENSE
 author:                Sam Truzjan
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 build-type:            Simple
 stability:             Experimental
 cabal-version:         >= 1.10
-tested-with:           GHC == 7.8.4, GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.2, GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.3
+tested-with:           GHC == 7.8.4, GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.2, GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.4, GHC == 8.6.3
 homepage:              https://github.com/sergv/bencoding
 bug-reports:           https://github.com/sergv/bencoding/issues
 synopsis:              A library for encoding and decoding of BEncode data.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   type:                git
   location:            https://github.com/sergv/bencoding.git
   branch:              master
-  tag:                 v0.4.4.0
+  tag:                 v0.4.5.0
 
 flag dev
   description:
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@
   manual:
     True
 
+flag benchmark-atto-bencode
+  description:
+    Compare performance of this package against AttoBencode in benchmarks
+  default:
+    False
+  manual:
+    True
+
 library
   default-language:    Haskell2010
   hs-source-dirs:      src
@@ -132,7 +140,11 @@
 
                      , bencoding
                      , bencode     >= 0.5
-                     , AttoBencode >= 0.2
+
+  if flag(benchmark-atto-bencode)
+    build-depends: AttoBencode >= 0.2
+    cpp-options:   -DBENCHMARK_ATTOBENCODE
+
   ghc-options:         -O2 -Wall
 
   if flag(dev)