diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/CMakeLists.txt b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f962c16d7..5b54701048 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ set(
   AZURE_CORE_PERF_TEST_HEADER
   inc/azure/core/test/http_transport_test.hpp
   inc/azure/core/test/nullable_test.hpp
+  inc/azure/core/test/pipeline_test.hpp
   inc/azure/core/test/uuid_test.hpp
 )
 
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/inc/azure/core/test/pipeline_test.hpp b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/inc/azure/core/test/pipeline_test.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18e0cce9dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/inc/azure/core/test/pipeline_test.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief Test the HTTP send performance.
+ *
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../../core/perf/inc/azure/perf.hpp"
+
+#include <azure/core.hpp>
+#include <azure/core/http/policies/policy.hpp>
+#include <azure/core/internal/http/pipeline.hpp>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <memory>
+using namespace Azure::Core;
+using namespace Azure::Core::_internal;
+using namespace Azure::Core::Http;
+using namespace Azure::Core::Http::_internal;
+using namespace Azure::Core::Http::Policies;
+using namespace Azure::Core::Http::Policies::_internal;
+
+namespace Azure { namespace Core { namespace Test {
+
+  class TestPolicy : public HttpPolicy {
+
+  public:
+    std::unique_ptr<HttpPolicy> Clone() const override
+    {
+      return std::make_unique<TestPolicy>(*this);
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<RawResponse> Send(
+        Request& request,
+        NextHttpPolicy nextPolicy,
+        Context const& context) const override
+    {
+      return nextPolicy.Send(request, context);
+    };
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Measure the http pipeline / policies performance.
+   */
+  class PipelineTest : public Azure::Perf::PerfTest {
+    std::unique_ptr<HttpPipeline> m_pipeline;
+
+    static std::vector<std::string> SplitString(const std::string& s, char separator)
+    {
+      std::vector<std::string> result;
+
+      const auto len = s.size();
+      size_t start = 0;
+      while (start < len)
+      {
+        auto end = s.find(separator, start);
+        if (end == std::string::npos)
+        {
+          end = len;
+        }
+
+        result.push_back(s.substr(start, end - start));
+
+        start = end + 1;
+      }
+
+      return result;
+    }
+
+  public:
+    /**
+     * @brief Construct a new PipelineTest test.
+     *
+     * @param options The test options.
+     */
+    PipelineTest(Azure::Perf::TestOptions options) : PerfTest(options) {}
+
+    void Setup() override
+    {
+      const std::string packageName = "test";
+      const std::string packageVersion = "1.0.0";
+      const std::string testPolicyName = "TestPolicy";
+      const std::string retryPolicyName = "RetryPolicy";
+      const std::string requestIdPolicyName = "RequestIdPolicy";
+      const std::string requestActivityPolicyName = "RequestActivityPolicy";
+      const std::string telemetryPolicyName = "TelemetryPolicy";
+      const std::string logPolicyName = "LogPolicy";
+
+      HttpSanitizer httpSanitizer;
+
+      std::vector<std::unique_ptr<HttpPolicy>> policies;
+      std::vector<std::unique_ptr<HttpPolicy>> policies2;
+
+      auto const total = m_options.GetMandatoryOption<int>("Count");
+      auto const policyNames
+          = SplitString(m_options.GetOptionOrDefault<std::string>("Policies", "TestPolicy"), ',');
+      // we want a total number of policies added to the pipeline
+      // thus for loop total / number , depends on rounding but close enough
+      // since in each loop we add the whole set of desired policies
+      // we also get stack overflow with lots of policies since the pipeline is a two level
+      // recursion
+      for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(total / policyNames.size()); i++)
+      {
+        if (std::find(policyNames.begin(), policyNames.end(), testPolicyName) != policyNames.end())
+        {
+          policies.push_back(std::make_unique<TestPolicy>());
+          policies2.push_back(std::make_unique<TestPolicy>());
+        }
+        if (std::find(policyNames.begin(), policyNames.end(), retryPolicyName) != policyNames.end())
+        {
+          policies.push_back(std::make_unique<RetryPolicy>(RetryOptions{}));
+          policies2.push_back(std::make_unique<RetryPolicy>(RetryOptions{}));
+        }
+        if (std::find(policyNames.begin(), policyNames.end(), requestIdPolicyName)
+            != policyNames.end())
+        {
+          policies.push_back(std::make_unique<RequestIdPolicy>());
+          policies2.push_back(std::make_unique<RequestIdPolicy>());
+        }
+        if (std::find(policyNames.begin(), policyNames.end(), requestActivityPolicyName)
+            != policyNames.end())
+        {
+          policies.push_back(std::make_unique<RequestActivityPolicy>(httpSanitizer));
+          policies2.push_back(std::make_unique<RequestActivityPolicy>(httpSanitizer));
+        }
+        if (std::find(policyNames.begin(), policyNames.end(), telemetryPolicyName)
+            != policyNames.end())
+        {
+          policies.push_back(std::make_unique<TelemetryPolicy>(packageName, packageVersion));
+          policies2.push_back(std::make_unique<TelemetryPolicy>(packageName, packageVersion));
+        }
+        if (std::find(policyNames.begin(), policyNames.end(), logPolicyName) != policyNames.end())
+        {
+          policies.push_back(std::make_unique<LogPolicy>(LogOptions()));
+          policies2.push_back(std::make_unique<LogPolicy>(LogOptions()));
+        }
+      }
+
+      m_pipeline = std::make_unique<HttpPipeline>(
+          ClientOptions(), packageName, packageVersion, std::move(policies), std::move(policies2));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Executes the pipeline
+     *
+     */
+    void Run(Context const&) override
+    {
+      try
+      {
+        Azure::Core::Http::Request request(
+            HttpMethod::Get, Url("http://127.0.0.1:5000/admin/isalive"));
+        Context context;
+        m_pipeline->Send(request, context);
+      }
+      catch (std::exception const&)
+      {
+        // don't print exceptions, they are happening at each request, this is the point of the test
+      }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Define the test options for the test.
+     *
+     * @return The list of test options.
+     */
+    std::vector<Azure::Perf::TestOption> GetTestOptions() override
+    {
+      return {
+          {"Count", {"--count"}, "The number of policy objects to be created.", 1, true},
+          {"Policies",
+           {"--policies"},
+           "The policies to be added to the pipeline. Allows multiple values comma separated.\n"
+           "default:TestPolicy \n others: "
+           "RetryPolicy,RequestIdPolicy,RequestActivityPolicy,TelemetryPolicy,LogPolicy",
+           1,
+           false}};
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Get the static Test Metadata for the test.
+     *
+     * @return Azure::Perf::TestMetadata describing the test.
+     */
+    static Azure::Perf::TestMetadata GetTestMetadata()
+    {
+      return {
+          "PipelineBaseTest",
+          "Measures HTTP pipeline and policies performance",
+          [](Azure::Perf::TestOptions options) {
+            return std::make_unique<Azure::Core::Test::PipelineTest>(options);
+          }};
+    }
+  };
+
+}}} // namespace Azure::Core::Test
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/src/azure_core_perf_test.cpp b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/src/azure_core_perf_test.cpp
index 7ea82309ba..224f97d546 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/src/azure_core_perf_test.cpp
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf/src/azure_core_perf_test.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "azure/core/test/http_transport_test.hpp"
 #include "azure/core/test/nullable_test.hpp"
+#include "azure/core/test/pipeline_test.hpp"
 #include "azure/core/test/uuid_test.hpp"
 
 #include <azure/perf.hpp>
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   std::vector<Azure::Perf::TestMetadata> tests{
       Azure::Core::Test::HTTPTransportTest::GetTestMetadata(),
       Azure::Core::Test::NullableTest::GetTestMetadata(),
+      Azure::Core::Test::PipelineTest::GetTestMetadata(),
       Azure::Core::Test::UuidTest::GetTestMetadata()};
 
   Azure::Perf::Program::Run(Azure::Core::Context::ApplicationContext, tests, argc, argv);