diff --git a/root/tmva/tmva/CMakeLists.txt b/root/tmva/tmva/CMakeLists.txt
index e57484a3..7e63feef 100644
--- a/root/tmva/tmva/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/root/tmva/tmva/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ if(ROOT_tmva_FOUND AND ROOT_tmva-cpu_FOUND AND ROOT_imt_FOUND)
       ConvNetCpuBenchmarks.cxx
       LABEL short
       LIBRARIES Core Tree MathCore RIO Hist TMVA)
+
+   RB_ADD_GBENCHMARK(RNNCpuBenchmarks
+      RNNCpuBenchmarks.cxx
+      LABEL long
+      LIBRARIES Core Tree MathCore Gpad RIO Hist TMVA)
 endif()
 
 if (ROOT_cuda_FOUND AND ROOT_tmva-gpu_FOUND)
@@ -23,4 +28,9 @@ if (ROOT_cuda_FOUND AND ROOT_tmva-gpu_FOUND)
       ConvNetCudaBenchmarks.cxx
       LABEL short
       LIBRARIES Core Tree MathCore RIO Hist TMVA ${DNN_CUDA_LIBRARIES})
+
+   RB_ADD_GBENCHMARK(RNNCudaBenchmarks
+      RNNCudaBenchmarks.cxx
+      LABEL long
+      LIBRARIES Core Tree MathCore Gpad RIO Hist TMVA ${DNN_CUDA_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
diff --git a/root/tmva/tmva/ConvNetBenchmarks.h b/root/tmva/tmva/ConvNetBenchmarks.h
index 43e367a3..bc790fa6 100644
--- a/root/tmva/tmva/ConvNetBenchmarks.h
+++ b/root/tmva/tmva/ConvNetBenchmarks.h
@@ -115,4 +115,4 @@ void CNN_benchmark(TString archName) {
    factory->TestAllMethods();
 
    outputFile->Close();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/root/tmva/tmva/ConvNetCpuBenchmarks.cxx b/root/tmva/tmva/ConvNetCpuBenchmarks.cxx
index 26bf94ce..9772b0d2 100644
--- a/root/tmva/tmva/ConvNetCpuBenchmarks.cxx
+++ b/root/tmva/tmva/ConvNetCpuBenchmarks.cxx
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ static void BM_ConvolutionalNetwork_CPU(benchmark::State &state)
 }
 BENCHMARK(BM_ConvolutionalNetwork_CPU);
 
-BENCHMARK_MAIN();
\ No newline at end of file
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();
diff --git a/root/tmva/tmva/RNNBenchmarks.h b/root/tmva/tmva/RNNBenchmarks.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af1e8c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/tmva/tmva/RNNBenchmarks.h
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+#include "TMVA/Factory.h"
+#include "TMVA/DataLoader.h"
+#include "TMVA/DataSetInfo.h"
+#include "TMVA/Config.h"
+#include "TMVA/MethodDL.h"
+#include "TROOT.h"
+#include "TFile.h"
+#include "TTree.h"
+#include "TSystem.h"
+#include "TH1.h"
+#include "TF1.h"
+#include "TRandom.h"
+#include "TPad.h"
+#include "TCanvas.h"
+
+#include "rootbench/RBConfig.h"
+
+void MakeTimeData(int n, int ntime, int ndim ){
+   TString fname = TString::Format("%s/time_data_t%d_d%d.root", RB::GetTempFs().c_str(), ntime, ndim);
+   
+   std::vector<TH1 *> v1(ntime);
+   std::vector<TH1 *> v2(ntime);
+   
+   int i = 0;
+   
+   for (int i = 0; i < ntime; ++i) {
+      v1[i] = new TH1D(TString::Format("h1_%d", i), "h1", ndim, 0, 10);
+      v2[i] = new TH1D(TString::Format("h2_%d", i), "h2", ndim, 0, 10);
+   }
+
+   auto f1 = new TF1("f1", "gaus");
+   auto f2 = new TF1("f2", "gaus");
+
+   TTree sgn("sgn", "sgn");
+   TTree bkg("bkg", "bkg");
+   TFile f(fname, "RECREATE");
+
+   std::vector<std::vector<float>> x1(ntime);
+   std::vector<std::vector<float>> x2(ntime);
+
+   for (int i = 0; i < ntime; ++i) {
+      x1[i] = std::vector<float>(ndim);
+      x2[i] = std::vector<float>(ndim);
+   }
+
+   for (auto i = 0; i < ntime; i++) {
+      bkg.Branch(Form("vars_time%d", i), "std::vector<float>", &x1[i]);
+      sgn.Branch(Form("vars_time%d", i), "std::vector<float>", &x2[i]);
+   }
+
+   sgn.SetDirectory(&f);
+   bkg.SetDirectory(&f);
+   gRandom->SetSeed(0);
+
+   std::vector<double> mean1(ntime);
+   std::vector<double> mean2(ntime);
+   std::vector<double> sigma1(ntime);
+   std::vector<double> sigma2(ntime);
+   
+   for (int j = 0; j < ntime; ++j) {
+      mean1[j] = 5. + 0.2 * sin(TMath::Pi() * j / double(ntime));
+      mean2[j] = 5. + 0.2 * cos(TMath::Pi() * j / double(ntime));
+      sigma1[j] = 4 + 0.3 * sin(TMath::Pi() * j / double(ntime));
+      sigma2[j] = 4 + 0.3 * cos(TMath::Pi() * j / double(ntime));
+   }
+   
+   for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+      if (i % 1000 == 0)
+         std::cout << "Generating  event ... " << i << std::endl;
+
+      for (int j = 0; j < ntime; ++j) {
+         auto h1 = v1[j];
+         auto h2 = v2[j];
+         h1->Reset();
+         h2->Reset();
+
+         f1->SetParameters(1, mean1[j], sigma1[j]);
+         f2->SetParameters(1, mean2[j], sigma2[j]);
+
+         h1->FillRandom("f1", 1000);
+         h2->FillRandom("f2", 1000);
+
+         for (int k = 0; k < ndim; ++k) {
+            x1[j][k] = h1->GetBinContent(k + 1) + gRandom->Gaus(0, 10);
+            x2[j][k] = h2->GetBinContent(k + 1) + gRandom->Gaus(0, 10);
+         }
+      }
+
+      sgn.Fill();
+      bkg.Fill();
+
+      if (n == 1) {
+         auto c1 = new TCanvas();
+         c1->Divide(ntime, 2);
+         
+         for (int j = 0; j < ntime; ++j) {
+            c1->cd(j + 1);
+            v1[j]->Draw();
+         }
+         
+         for (int j = 0; j < ntime; ++j) {
+            c1->cd(ntime + j + 1);
+            v2[j]->Draw();
+         }
+         
+         gPad->Update();
+      }
+   }
+   
+   if (n > 1) {
+      sgn.Write();
+      bkg.Write();
+      sgn.Print();
+      bkg.Print();
+      f.Close();
+   }
+}
+
+void RNN_benchmark(TString archName) {
+   const int ninput = 30;
+   const int ntime = 10;
+   const int batchSize = 100;
+   const int maxepochs = 20;
+
+   int nTotEvts = 10000; 
+   
+#ifndef R__HAS_TMVAGPU
+   if (archName == "GPU") {
+   	Error("TMVA_RNN_Classification", "Architecture not supported. Cannot use TMVA Deep Learning for RNN.");
+      	return;
+   }
+#endif
+#ifndef R__HAS_TMVACPU
+   if (archName == "CPU") {
+   	Error("TMVA_RNN_Classification", "Architecture not supported. Cannot use TMVA Deep Learning for RNN.");
+      	return;
+   }
+#endif
+
+   int num_threads = 0;   
+   ROOT::EnableImplicitMT(num_threads);
+
+   TMVA::Config::Instance();
+
+   std::cout << "Running with nthreads  = " << ROOT::GetThreadPoolSize() << std::endl;
+
+   TString inputFileName = TString::Format("%s/time_data_t%d_d%d.root", RB::GetTempFs().c_str(), ntime, ninput);
+
+   bool fileExist = !gSystem->AccessPathName(inputFileName);
+
+   if (!fileExist)
+      MakeTimeData(nTotEvts,ntime, ninput);
+
+   auto inputFile = TFile::Open(inputFileName);
+   if (!inputFile) {
+      Error("TMVA_RNN_Classification", "Error opening input file %s - exit", inputFileName.Data());
+      return;
+   }
+   std::cout << "--- RNNClassification  : Using input file: " << inputFile->GetName() << std::endl;
+
+   TString outfileName(TString::Format("%s/data_RNN_%s.root", RB::GetTempFs().c_str(), archName.Data()));
+   TFile *outputFile = nullptr;
+   outputFile = TFile::Open(outfileName, "RECREATE");
+
+   // Creating the factory object
+   TMVA::Factory *factory = new TMVA::Factory("TMVAClassification", outputFile,
+                                              "!V:!Silent:Color:DrawProgressBar:Transformations=None:!Correlations:"
+                                              "AnalysisType=Classification:!ModelPersistence");
+   TMVA::DataLoader *dataloader = new TMVA::DataLoader("dataset");
+
+   TTree *signalTree = (TTree *)inputFile->Get("sgn");
+   TTree *background = (TTree *)inputFile->Get("bkg");
+
+   const int nvar = ninput * ntime;
+
+   for (auto i = 0; i < ntime; i++) {
+      dataloader->AddVariablesArray(Form("vars_time%d", i), ninput);
+   }
+
+   dataloader->AddSignalTree(signalTree, 1.0);
+   dataloader->AddBackgroundTree(background, 1.0);
+
+   int nTrainSig = 0.8 * nTotEvts;
+   int nTrainBkg = 0.8 *  nTotEvts;
+
+   TString prepareOptions = TString::Format("nTrain_Signal=%d:nTrain_Background=%d:SplitMode=Random:SplitSeed=100:NormMode=NumEvents:!V:!CalcCorrelations", nTrainSig, nTrainBkg);
+
+   TCut mycuts = ""; 
+   TCut mycutb = "";
+
+   dataloader->PrepareTrainingAndTestTree(mycuts, mycutb, prepareOptions);
+
+   std::cout << "prepared DATA LOADER " << std::endl;
+   
+   const char *rnn_type = "LSTM";
+
+   TString inputLayoutString = TString::Format("InputLayout=%d|%d", ntime, ninput);
+   TString rnnLayout = TString::Format("%s|10|%d|%d|0|1", rnn_type, ninput, ntime);
+   TString layoutString = TString("Layout=") + rnnLayout + TString(",RESHAPE|FLAT,DENSE|64|TANH,LINEAR");
+
+   TString trainingString1 = TString::Format("LearningRate=1e-3,Momentum=0.0,Repetitions=1,"
+                                             "ConvergenceSteps=5,BatchSize=%d,TestRepetitions=1,"
+                                             "WeightDecay=1e-2,Regularization=None,MaxEpochs=%d,"
+                                             "Optimizer=ADAM,DropConfig=0.0+0.+0.+0.", batchSize, maxepochs);
+
+   TString trainingStrategyString("TrainingStrategy=");
+   trainingStrategyString += trainingString1; 
+
+   TString rnnOptions("!H:V:ErrorStrategy=CROSSENTROPY:VarTransform=None:"
+                      "WeightInitialization=XAVIERUNIFORM:ValidationSize=0.2:RandomSeed=1234");
+
+   rnnOptions.Append(":");
+   rnnOptions.Append(inputLayoutString);
+   rnnOptions.Append(":");
+   rnnOptions.Append(layoutString);
+   rnnOptions.Append(":");
+   rnnOptions.Append(trainingStrategyString);
+   rnnOptions.Append(":");
+   rnnOptions.Append(TString::Format("Architecture=%s", archName.Data()));
+
+   TString rnnName = "TMVA_" + TString(rnn_type);
+   factory->BookMethod(dataloader, TMVA::Types::kDL, rnnName, rnnOptions);
+
+   factory->TrainAllMethods();
+   factory->TestAllMethods();
+   factory->EvaluateAllMethods();
+
+   if (outputFile) 
+   	outputFile->Close();
+}
diff --git a/root/tmva/tmva/RNNCpuBenchmarks.cxx b/root/tmva/tmva/RNNCpuBenchmarks.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80ab9d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/tmva/tmva/RNNCpuBenchmarks.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "RNNBenchmarks.h"
+#include "benchmark/benchmark.h"
+
+static void BM_RNN_CPU(benchmark::State &state)
+{
+    TString architecture("CPU");
+    
+    // Benchmarking
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        RNN_benchmark(architecture);
+    }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_RNN_CPU);
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();
diff --git a/root/tmva/tmva/RNNCudaBenchmarks.cxx b/root/tmva/tmva/RNNCudaBenchmarks.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbd45977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/tmva/tmva/RNNCudaBenchmarks.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "RNNBenchmarks.h"
+#include "benchmark/benchmark.h"
+
+static void BM_RNN_CUDA(benchmark::State &state)
+{
+    TString architecture("GPU");
+    
+    // Benchmarking
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        RNN_benchmark(architecture);
+    }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_RNN_CUDA);
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();