diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12776b5..b5519a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@
         <version>1.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.dslplatform</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dsl-json</artifactId>
+            <version>0.9.5</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.dslplatform</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dsl-json-processor</artifactId>
+            <version>0.4</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -146,6 +159,10 @@
             <configuration>
               <source>1.7</source>
               <target>1.7</target>
+                <annotationProcessors>
+                    <annotationProcessor>com.dslplatform.json.CompiledJsonProcessor</annotationProcessor>
+                    <annotationProcessor>org.openjdk.jmh.generators.BenchmarkProcessor</annotationProcessor>
+                </annotationProcessors>
               <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
               <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
               <optimize>true</optimize>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/MeasurementPOJO.java b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/MeasurementPOJO.java
index b8feba4..6798939 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/MeasurementPOJO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/MeasurementPOJO.java
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package com.cowtowncoder.jsonperf.dzone;
 
+import com.dslplatform.json.CompiledJson;
+
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * Simple wrapper used to contain List of items to (de)serialize; used to avoid
  * need to  handle generic types like Lists for root values;
  */
+@CompiledJson
 public class MeasurementPOJO
 {
     public List<MeasurementRecord> items;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/MeasurementRecord.java b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/MeasurementRecord.java
index 4c1e7f0..6b261b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/MeasurementRecord.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/MeasurementRecord.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class MeasurementRecord
     public long time;
 
     // for deser
-    protected MeasurementRecord() { }
+    public MeasurementRecord() { }
     
     public MeasurementRecord(String measurementId, MeasurementType type,
             long duration, long time)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/read/DZoneReadPojoDslJson.java b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/read/DZoneReadPojoDslJson.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f3fb155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/read/DZoneReadPojoDslJson.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.cowtowncoder.jsonperf.dzone.read;
+
+import com.cowtowncoder.jsonperf.dzone.MeasurementPOJO;
+import com.dslplatform.json.DslJson;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+@State(Scope.Thread)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+public class DZoneReadPojoDslJson extends DZoneReadTestBase<MeasurementPOJO>
+{
+    private final DslJson<Object> dsl;
+
+    public DZoneReadPojoDslJson()
+    {
+        dsl = new DslJson<>();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MeasurementPOJO _readItems(byte[] input) throws Exception {
+        return dsl.deserialize(MeasurementPOJO.class, input, input.length);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MeasurementPOJO _readItems(String input) throws Exception {
+        return _readItems(input.getBytes("UTF-8"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/write/DZoneWriteDslJson.java b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/write/DZoneWriteDslJson.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e819026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/write/DZoneWriteDslJson.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.cowtowncoder.jsonperf.dzone.write;
+
+import com.cowtowncoder.jsonperf.dzone.MeasurementPOJO;
+import com.dslplatform.json.DslJson;
+import com.dslplatform.json.JsonWriter;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+@State(Scope.Thread)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+public class DZoneWriteDslJson extends DZoneWriteTestBase
+{
+    private final DslJson<Object> json;
+    private final JsonWriter writer;
+
+    public DZoneWriteDslJson()
+    {
+        json =  new DslJson<>();
+        writer = new JsonWriter();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int _writeItems(MeasurementPOJO items, OutputStream out) throws Exception
+    {
+        writer.reset();
+        json.serialize(writer, items);
+        writer.toStream(out);
+        return items.size();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int _writeItems(MeasurementPOJO items, Writer out) throws Exception
+    {
+        writer.reset();
+        json.serialize(writer, items);
+        out.write(writer.toString());
+        return items.size();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String _writeAsString(MeasurementPOJO items) throws Exception {
+        writer.reset();
+        json.serialize(writer, items);
+        return writer.toString();
+    }
+}