diff --git a/src/lavinmqperf.cr b/src/lavinmqperf.cr
index 79b7de42bc..758fac3fd9 100644
--- a/src/lavinmqperf.cr
+++ b/src/lavinmqperf.cr
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ class Perf
   def run(args = ARGV)
     @parser.parse(args)
   end
+
+  protected def rss
+    if File.exists?("/proc/self/statm")
+      File.read("/proc/self/statm").split[1].to_i64 * 4096
+    elsif ps_rss = `ps -o rss= -p $PPID`.to_i64?
+      ps_rss * 1024
+    else
+      0
+    end
+  end
+
+  protected def maximize_fd_limit
+    _, fd_limit_max = System.file_descriptor_limit
+    System.file_descriptor_limit = fd_limit_max
+    fd_limit_current, _ = System.file_descriptor_limit
+    puts "FD limit: #{fd_limit_current}"
+  end
 end
 
 class Throughput < Perf
@@ -492,22 +509,117 @@ class ConnectionCount < Perf
     client.host = "127.0.#{Random.rand(UInt8)}.#{Random.rand(UInt8)}" if @random_localhost
     client
   end
+end
 
-  private def rss
-    if File.exists?("/proc/self/statm")
-      File.read("/proc/self/statm").split[1].to_i64 * 4096
-    elsif ps_rss = `ps -o rss= -p $PPID`.to_i64?
-      ps_rss * 1024
-    else
-      0
+class Chaos < Perf
+  def initialize
+    super
+  end
+
+  def run
+    super
+    spawn churn_connections_and_pubs
+    spawn churn_connections_and_acks
+    sleep
+    # churn_queues
+    # churn_exchanges
+    # churn_vhosts
+    # churn_bindings
+    # random_ack_rejects
+  end
+
+  @i = Atomic(Int64).new(0u64)
+
+  private def churn_connections_and_pubs
+    done = Channel(Nil).new
+    loop do
+      100.times do
+        spawn do
+          AMQP::Client.start(@uri) do |conn|
+            ch = conn.channel
+            ch.confirm_select if rand(3).zero?
+            rand(10_000).times do
+              sleep rand(0.1)
+              body = uninitialized UInt8[8]
+              IO::ByteFormat::SystemEndian.encode(@i.add(1), body.to_slice)
+              ch.basic_publish(body.to_slice, rand_exchange, rand_routing_key)
+            end
+            done.send nil
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      100.times do
+        done.receive
+      end
     end
   end
 
-  private def maximize_fd_limit
-    _, fd_limit_max = System.file_descriptor_limit
-    System.file_descriptor_limit = fd_limit_max
-    fd_limit_current, _ = System.file_descriptor_limit
-    puts "FD limit: #{fd_limit_current}"
+  private def rand_routing_key : String
+    Random::DEFAULT.hex(1)
+  end
+
+  private def rand_queue : String
+    Random::DEFAULT.hex(1)
+  end
+
+  private def rand_exchange : String
+    case rand(5)
+    when 1 then "amq.direct"
+    when 2 then "amq.topic"
+    when 3 then "amq.fanout"
+    when 4 then "amq.headers"
+    else        ""
+    end
+  end
+
+  private def churn_connections_and_acks
+    done = Channel(Nil).new
+    loop do
+      100.times do
+        spawn do
+          AMQP::Client.start(@uri) do |conn|
+            ch = conn.channel
+            q = begin
+              ch.queue(rand_queue, args: AMQP::Client::Arguments.new({"x-expires":              rand(1000),
+                                                                      "x-message-ttl":          rand(1000),
+                                                                      "x-max-length":           rand(1000),
+                                                                      "x-dead-letter-exchange": rand_exchange,
+                                                                      "x-max-priority":         rand(255)}))
+            rescue
+              ch = conn.channel
+              ch.queue(rand_queue, passive: true)
+            end
+            x = rand_exchange
+            binding_key = rand_routing_key
+            q.bind(x, binding_key) unless x.empty?
+            prefetch = rand(100) + 1
+            ch.prefetch(prefetch)
+            last = 0i64
+            q.subscribe(no_ack: false, work_pool: rand(prefetch) + 1) do |m|
+              ns = IO::ByteFormat::SystemEndian.decode(Int64, m.body_io)
+              # puts "messages out of order #{ns} < #{last}" if ns < last
+              last = ns
+              sleep rand(0.1)
+              case rand(3)
+              when 1 then m.reject(requeue: true)
+              when 2 then m.reject(requeue: false)
+              else        m.ack
+              end
+            end
+            sleep rand(30.0)
+            case rand(3)
+            when 0 then q.delete
+            when 1 then q.unbind(x, binding_key) unless x.empty?
+            end
+          end
+        ensure
+          done.send nil
+        end
+      end
+      100.times do
+        done.receive
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
 
@@ -524,6 +636,7 @@ when "connection-churn" then ConnectionChurn.new.run
 when "channel-churn"    then ChannelChurn.new.run
 when "consumer-churn"   then ConsumerChurn.new.run
 when "connection-count" then ConnectionCount.new.run
+when "chaos"            then Chaos.new.run
 when /^.+$/             then Perf.new.run([mode.not_nil!])
 else                         abort Perf.new.banner
 end