diff --git a/app/apptesting/bench_test.go b/app/apptesting/bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a731014810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/apptesting/bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package apptesting
+
+import "testing"
+
+func BenchmarkSetup(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		s := new(KeeperTestHelper)
+		s.Setup()
+	}
+}