diff --git a/lib/x11/corereqs.js b/lib/x11/corereqs.js
index 96495fb..1dddafa 100644
--- a/lib/x11/corereqs.js
+++ b/lib/x11/corereqs.js
@@ -256,6 +256,17 @@ module.exports = {
           return [format, args];
       }
    ],
+
+   PutImage: [
+      // format:  0 - Bitmap, 1 - XYPixmap, 2 - ZPixmap
+      function(format, drawable, gc, width, height, dstX, dstY, leftPad, depth, data) {
+          var padded = xutil.padded_length(data.length);
+          var reqLen = 6 + padded/4; // (length + 3) >> 2 ???
+          var padLength = padded - data.length;
+          var pad = new Buffer(padLength); // TODO: new pack format 'X' - skip amount of bytes supplied in numerical argument
+          return [ 'CCSLLSSssCCxxaa', [72, format, reqLen, drawable, gc, width, height, dstX, dstY, leftPad, depth, data, pad]];
+      }
+   ],
   
    PolyText8: [
        function(drawable, gc, x, y, items) {
diff --git a/test/bmp.js b/test/bmp.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96558ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bmp.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// http://atlc.sourceforge.net/bmp.html
+// Any better format documentation?
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var Pixmap = require('./pixmap').Pixmap;
+var Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
+require('../lib/x11/unpackbuffer').addUnpack(Buffer);
+
+var reversed = new Buffer(256);
+for (var i=0; i < 256; ++i)
+{
+    var res = 0;
+    for (b = 0; b < 8; ++b)
+    {
+        res += ((i & (1 << b) ) >> b) << (7-b);
+    }
+    reversed[i] = res;
+}
+
+module.exports.decodeBuffer = function(buffer)
+{
+    var h = buffer.unpack('CCLxxxxLLLLSSLLLL');
+    var header = {};
+    header.filesize = h[2];
+    header.data_offset = h[3];
+    header.header_size = h[4];
+    header.width = h[5];
+    header.height = h[6];
+    header.num_planes = h[7];
+    header.bpp = h[8];
+    header.compression = h[9];
+    header.data_size = h[10];
+    header.hresolution = h[11]; // pixels per METER!
+    header.vresolution = h[12];
+    // skipped: num colors, num important colors, palette
+    var data = buffer.slice(header.data_offset, header.data_offset+header.data_size);
+    // TODO: decode compressed bitmap
+    //console.log(header);
+
+    // mirror bits & invert
+    for (var i=0; i < data.length; ++i)
+        data[i] = 255 - reversed[data[i]];
+
+    return new Pixmap(header.bpp, header.width, header.height, data);
+}
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diff --git a/test/nodejs-black.bmp b/test/nodejs-black.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a932692
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/nodejs-black.bmp differ
diff --git a/test/pixmap.js b/test/pixmap.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb09fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pixmap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+function Pixmap(depth, width, height, buffer)
+{
+    this.depth = depth;
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.data = buffer;    
+}
+
+module.exports.Pixmap = Pixmap;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/putimage.js b/test/putimage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a866e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/putimage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+var Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
+var x11 = require('../lib/x11');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var logo1bit = fs.readFileSync('./nodejs-black.bmp');
+var pixmap = require('./bmp').decodeBuffer(logo1bit);
+
+var xclient = x11.createClient();
+var Exposure = x11.eventMask.Exposure;
+var PointerMotion = x11.eventMask.PointerMotion;
+
+var bitmap = new Buffer(128*128/8); // 16384 bits, 2048 bytes bitmap
+for (var i=0; i < bitmap.length; ++i)
+{
+    bitmap[i] = i % 256;
+}
+
+xclient.on('connect', function(display) {
+    var X = this;
+    var root = display.screen[0].root;
+    var white = display.screen[0].white_pixel;
+    var black = display.screen[0].black_pixel;
+    //console.log(display.screen[0]);
+
+    var wid = X.AllocID();
+    X.CreateWindow(
+       wid, root, 
+       10, 10, 400, 300, 
+       1, 1, 0,
+       { 
+           backgroundPixel: white, eventMask: Exposure|PointerMotion  
+       }
+    );
+    X.MapWindow(wid);
+  
+    var gc = X.AllocID();
+    X.CreateGC(gc, wid, { foreground: black, background: white } );
+
+    X.on('event', function(ev) {
+        if (ev.type == 12) // expose
+        {
+            //X.PutImage(0, wid, gc, 128, 128, 20, 20, 0, 1, bitmap);
+            X.PutImage(0, wid, gc, pixmap.width, pixmap.height, 20, 20, 0, pixmap.depth, pixmap.data);
+        } 
+    });
+    X.on('error', function(e) {
+        console.log(e);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/query_pointer.js b/test/query_pointer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccc18a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/query_pointer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var x11 = require('../lib/x11');
+var X = x11.createClient();
+
+X.on('connect', function(display) {
+
+    var screen = display.screen[0];
+    var wid = X.AllocID();
+    X.CreateWindow(wid, screen.root, 10, 10, 400, 300, 1, 1, 0, { backgroundPixel: screen.white_pixel });
+    X.MapWindow(wid);
+    setInterval( function() {
+        X.QueryPointer(wid, function(res) {
+            console.log(res);
+        });
+    }, 1000);
+
+});
+
+X.on('error', function(err) {
+    console.log(err);
+});
diff --git a/test/query_pointer_benchmark_sync.js b/test/query_pointer_benchmark_sync.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e786fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/query_pointer_benchmark_sync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// test results:
+
+// WinServ2008R2, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870  @ 2.93GHz + Xming 6.9.0.31
+//
+// 0.4.3/cygwin 32bit              : 2900 +/-  300 req/sec 
+// 0.5.1/win32                     : 5500 +/- 1000 req/sec
+// cygwin x11perf -sync -pointer   : 2800 +/-  200 req/sec
+// cygwin x11perf -pointer         : 5600 +/-  200 req/sec
+
+//
+// Ubuntu 11.04 32bit, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @2.00GHz, XOrg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
+// 0.4.9pre                :
+// x11perf -sync -pointer  :
+// x11perf -pointer        :
+
+var x11 = require('../lib/x11');
+var X = x11.createClient();
+
+var total = 50000;
+var num_qp_left = total;
+var start = +new Date();
+
+function benchmarkQP(wid)
+{
+    X.QueryPointer(wid, function(res) {
+        num_qp_left--;
+        if (num_qp_left > 0)
+            benchmarkQP(wid);
+        else {
+            var end = +new Date();
+            var delta = (end - start)/1000
+            console.log( 'Finished ' + total + ' requests in ' + delta + ' sec, ' + total/delta + ' req/sec');
+            X.terminate();
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+X.on('connect', function(display) {
+    var screen = display.screen[0];
+    var wid = X.AllocID();
+    X.CreateWindow(wid, screen.root, 10, 10, 400, 300, 1, 1, 0, { backgroundPixel: screen.white_pixel });
+    X.MapWindow(wid);
+    benchmarkQP(wid);
+});
+
+X.on('error', function(err) {
+    console.log(err);
+});