diff --git a/bench/bench.py b/bench/bench.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b38251a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/bench.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+import cProfile
+import py
+import pstats
+stats = cProfile.run('py.test.cmdline.main(["empty.py"])', 'prof')
+p = pstats.Stats("prof")
+p.strip_dirs()
+p.sort_stats('cumulative')
+print p.print_stats(30)
diff --git a/bench/empty.py b/bench/empty.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9e2e6b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/empty.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+for i in range(1000):
+    exec "def test_func_%d(): pass" % i