diff --git a/log4j-core/pom.xml b/log4j-core/pom.xml
index d2c47bf..48d9d1d 100644
--- a/log4j-core/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-core/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
       <artifactId>disruptor</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jctools/jctools-core -->
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>org.jctools</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>jctools-core</artifactId>
+	    <version>1.2</version>
+	</dependency>
     <!-- Required for JSON support -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/async/JctoolBlockingQueueFactory.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/async/JctoolBlockingQueueFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..964d259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/async/JctoolBlockingQueueFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.async;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Node;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginFactory;
+import org.jctools.queues.MpscArrayQueue;
+
+
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @since 2.7
+ */
+@Plugin(name = "JctoolBlockingQueue", category = Node.CATEGORY, elementType = BlockingQueueFactory.ELEMENT_TYPE)
+public class JctoolBlockingQueueFactory<E> implements BlockingQueueFactory<E> {
+
+	
+    private JctoolBlockingQueueFactory() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BlockingQueue<E> create(int capacity) {
+    	return new JctoolMpscBlockingQueue<>(capacity);
+    }
+
+    @PluginFactory
+    public static <E> JctoolBlockingQueueFactory<E> createFactory() {
+    	return new JctoolBlockingQueueFactory<E>();
+    }
+    
+
+    private static final class JctoolMpscBlockingQueue<E> extends MpscArrayQueue<E> implements BlockingQueue<E> {
+
+		public JctoolMpscBlockingQueue(int capacity) {
+			super(capacity);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int drainTo(final Collection<? super E> c) {
+			return drainTo(c, capacity());
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int drainTo(final Collection<? super E> c, int maxElements) {
+			return drain(new Consumer<E>() {
+				@Override
+				public void accept(E arg0) {
+					c.add(arg0);
+				}
+			}, maxElements);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean offer(E e, long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
+			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+			return offer(e);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public E poll(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
+			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+			return poll();
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * {@inheritDoc}
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public void put(E e) throws InterruptedException {
+			while(!relaxedOffer(e)) LockSupport.parkNanos(1L);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int remainingCapacity() {
+			return capacity() - size();
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * {@inheritDoc}
+		 */
+		public E take() throws InterruptedException {
+			for(;;) {
+				E result = poll();
+				if(result != null){
+					return result;
+				}
+				LockSupport.parkNanos(1L);
+			}
+		}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/log4j-perf/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/perf/jmh/AsyncAppenderLog4j2Benchmark.java b/log4j-perf/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/perf/jmh/AsyncAppenderLog4j2Benchmark.java
index 673dce6..c39fb10 100644
--- a/log4j-perf/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/perf/jmh/AsyncAppenderLog4j2Benchmark.java
+++ b/log4j-perf/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/perf/jmh/AsyncAppenderLog4j2Benchmark.java
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@
     @Param({
         "perf5AsyncApndNoLoc-noOpAppender.xml",
         "perf5AsyncApndDsrptrNoLoc-noOpAppender.xml",
-        "perf5AsyncApndXferQNoLoc-noOpAppender.xml"
+        "perf5AsyncApndMpscQNoLoc-noOpAppender.xml"
     })
+    //"perf5AsyncApndXferQNoLoc-noOpAppender.xml",
     public String configFileName;
 
     @Setup(Level.Trial)
diff --git a/log4j-perf/src/main/resources/perf5AsyncApndMpscQNoLoc-noOpAppender.xml b/log4j-perf/src/main/resources/perf5AsyncApndMpscQNoLoc-noOpAppender.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70029f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j-perf/src/main/resources/perf5AsyncApndMpscQNoLoc-noOpAppender.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache license, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the license for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the license.
+  -->
+<Configuration status="OFF">
+  <Appenders>
+    <CountingNoOp name="NoOp">
+    </CountingNoOp>
+    <Async name="Async"  blocking="true" bufferSize="262144">
+      <appender-ref ref="NoOp"/>
+      <JctoolBlockingQueue/>
+    </Async>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="info" includeLocation="false">
+      <appender-ref ref="Async"/>
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>