diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 4f5b456..7a85619 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ version = "1.2.2"
 
 [deps]
 FileWatching = "7b1f6079-737a-58dc-b8bc-7a2ca5c1b5ee"
+PrecompileTools = "aea7be01-6a6a-4083-8856-8a6e6704d82a"
 Sockets = "6462fe0b-24de-5631-8697-dd941f90decc"
 ZeroMQ_jll = "8f1865be-045e-5c20-9c9f-bfbfb0764568"
 
 [compat]
+PrecompileTools = "1"
 ZeroMQ_jll = "4"
 julia = "1.3"
 
diff --git a/src/ZMQ.jl b/src/ZMQ.jl
index f57be26..348a2a2 100644
--- a/src/ZMQ.jl
+++ b/src/ZMQ.jl
@@ -43,4 +43,32 @@ function __init__()
     end
 end
 
+using PrecompileTools
+@compile_workload begin
+    __init__()
+    # The ZMQ scoping below isn't necessary, but it makes it easier to copy/paste
+    # the workload to test impact.
+    s=Socket(PUB)
+    ZMQ.close(s)
+
+    s1=Socket(REP)
+    s1.sndhwm = 1000
+    s1.linger = 1
+    s1.routing_id = "abcd"
+
+    s2=Socket(REQ)
+
+    ZMQ.bind(s1, "tcp://*:5555")
+    ZMQ.connect(s2, "tcp://localhost:5555")
+
+    msg = Message("test request")
+
+    ZMQ.send(s2, msg)
+    unsafe_string(ZMQ.recv(s1))
+    ZMQ.send(s1, Message("test response"))
+    unsafe_string(ZMQ.recv(s2))
+    ZMQ.close(s1)
+    ZMQ.close(s2)
+end
+
 end