diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8b4655..0bbcd0c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@
       <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty-transport-native-io_uring</artifactId>
+      <version>${netty.version}</version>
+      <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jgroups</groupId>
       <artifactId>jgroups</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/perf/StreamPerfTest.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/perf/StreamPerfTest.java
index a1d6f34..846ec97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/perf/StreamPerfTest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/perf/StreamPerfTest.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollIoHandler;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.nio.NioIoHandler;
+import io.netty.channel.uring.IoUringIoHandler;
+import io.netty.channel.uring.IoUringSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContextBuilder;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler;
 import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
@@ -498,6 +500,18 @@ void setNativeEpoll(String input) throws Exception {
 
   volatile boolean nativeEpoll;
 
+  @CommandLine.Option(
+      names = {"--native-io-uring", "-niu"},
+      description = "use Netty's native io_uring transport (Linux x86-64 only)",
+      arity = "0..1",
+      fallbackValue = "true",
+      defaultValue = "false")
+  void setNativeIoUring(String input) throws Exception {
+    this.nativeIoUring = Converters.BOOLEAN_TYPE_CONVERTER.convert(input);
+  }
+
+  volatile boolean nativeIoUring;
+
   @ArgGroup(exclusive = false, multiplicity = "0..1")
   InstanceSyncOptions instanceSyncOptions;
 
@@ -932,10 +946,17 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception {
         }
       }
 
+      if (this.nativeEpoll && this.nativeIoUring) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot use both native epoll and io_uring");
+      }
+
       java.util.function.Consumer<Bootstrap> bootstrapCustomizer;
       if (this.nativeEpoll) {
         this.eventLoopGroup = new MultiThreadIoEventLoopGroup(EpollIoHandler.newFactory());
         bootstrapCustomizer = b -> b.channel(EpollSocketChannel.class);
+      } else if (this.nativeIoUring) {
+        this.eventLoopGroup = new MultiThreadIoEventLoopGroup(IoUringIoHandler.newFactory());
+        bootstrapCustomizer = b -> b.channel(IoUringSocketChannel.class);
       } else {
         this.eventLoopGroup = new MultiThreadIoEventLoopGroup(NioIoHandler.newFactory());
         bootstrapCustomizer = b -> {};
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/perf/StreamPerfTestTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/perf/StreamPerfTestTest.java
index d54d61a..a8c2724 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/perf/StreamPerfTestTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/perf/StreamPerfTestTest.java
@@ -521,6 +521,18 @@ void nativeEpollWorksOnLinux() throws Exception {
     assertThat(streamExists(s)).isTrue();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @EnabledOnOs(OS.LINUX)
+  @EnabledIfSystemProperty(named = "os.arch", matches = "amd64")
+  void nativeIoUringWorksOnLinux() throws Exception {
+    Future<?> run = run(builder().nativeEpoll());
+    waitUntilStreamExists(s);
+    waitOneSecond();
+    run.cancel(true);
+    waitRunEnds();
+    assertThat(streamExists(s)).isTrue();
+  }
+
   @Test
   @BrokerVersionAtLeast(BrokerVersion.RABBITMQ_3_13_0)
   void shouldNotFailWhenFilteringIsActivated() throws Exception {
@@ -780,6 +792,11 @@ ArgumentsBuilder nativeEpoll() {
       return this;
     }
 
+    ArgumentsBuilder nativeIoUring() {
+      arguments.put("native-io-uring", "");
+      return this;
+    }
+
     ArgumentsBuilder filterValueSet(String... values) {
       arguments.put("filter-value-set", String.join(",", values));
       return this;