diff --git a/test/benchmarks/fs/BUILD b/test/benchmarks/fs/BUILD
index f606daf0e..2e6970671 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/fs/BUILD
+++ b/test/benchmarks/fs/BUILD
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ benchmark_test(
 benchmark_test(
     name = "fio_test",
     srcs = ["fio_test.go"],
+    data = ["//test/runner/fuse"],
     visibility = ["//:sandbox"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/cleanup",
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/fs/fio_test.go b/test/benchmarks/fs/fio_test.go
index 9b50633c2..5537182e3 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/fs/fio_test.go
+++ b/test/benchmarks/fs/fio_test.go
@@ -114,12 +114,13 @@ func BenchmarkFio(b *testing.B) {
 					b.Fatalf("failed to make mount: %v", err)
 				}
 
+				runOpts := dockerutil.RunOpts{
+					Image:  "benchmarks/fio",
+					Mounts: mnts,
+				}
 				// Start the container with the mount.
 				if err := container.Spawn(
-					ctx, dockerutil.RunOpts{
-						Image:  "benchmarks/fio",
-						Mounts: mnts,
-					},
+					ctx, runOpts,
 					// Sleep on the order of b.N.
 					"sleep", fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1000*b.N),
 				); err != nil {
@@ -131,6 +132,16 @@ func BenchmarkFio(b *testing.B) {
 					b.Fatalf("failed to copy directory: %v (%s)", err, out)
 				}
 
+				if fsType == harness.FuseFS {
+					container.CopyFiles(&runOpts, "/fusebin", "test/runner/fuse/fuse")
+					_, err := container.ExecProcess(ctx, dockerutil.ExecOpts{
+						Privileged: true,
+					}, "/fusebin/fuse", "--dir="+outdir, "--debug=false")
+					if err != nil {
+						b.Fatalf("starting fuse server failed with: %v", err)
+					}
+				}
+
 				// Directory and filename inside container where fio will read/write.
 				outfile := filepath.Join(outdir, "test.txt")
 
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/fs/fsbench/BUILD b/test/benchmarks/fs/fsbench/BUILD
index 247454057..fa3e93af8 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/fs/fsbench/BUILD
+++ b/test/benchmarks/fs/fsbench/BUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ go_library(
     name = "fsbench",
     testonly = 1,
     srcs = ["fsbench.go"],
+    data = ["//test/runner/fuse"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/cleanup",
         "//pkg/test/dockerutil",
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/fs/fsbench/fsbench.go b/test/benchmarks/fs/fsbench/fsbench.go
index 55f7ee88a..3eac6977f 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/fs/fsbench/fsbench.go
+++ b/test/benchmarks/fs/fsbench/fsbench.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type FSBenchmark struct {
 	WantOutput string
 	// CleanCmd, if set, is run to clean up between benchmarks.
 	CleanCmd []string
-	// Variants is a list of benchmarka variants to run.
+	// Variants is a list of benchmark variants to run.
 	// If unset, the typical set is used.
 	Variants []Variant
 	// Callback is an optional function that is called after each execution of
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ type Variant struct {
 
 // TypicalVariants returns the typical full set of benchmark variants.
 func TypicalVariants() []Variant {
-	variants := make([]Variant, 0, 6)
-	for _, filesys := range []harness.FileSystemType{harness.BindFS, harness.TmpFS, harness.RootFS} {
+	variants := make([]Variant, 0, 8)
+	for _, filesys := range []harness.FileSystemType{harness.FuseFS} {
 		variants = append(variants, Variant{
 			clearCache: true,
 			fsType:     filesys,
@@ -125,7 +125,24 @@ func RunWithDifferentFilesystems(ctx context.Context, b *testing.B, machine harn
 				b.Fatalf("run failed with: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			cpCmd := fmt.Sprintf("mkdir -p %s && cp -r %s %s/.", prefix, bm.WorkDir, prefix)
+			// Ignore safetext/shsprintf linter suggestion.
+			mkdirCmd := fmt.Sprintf("mkdir -p %s", prefix)
+			out, err := container.Exec(ctx, dockerutil.ExecOpts{}, "/bin/sh", "-c", mkdirCmd)
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Fatalf("failed to make directory: %v (%s)", err, out)
+			}
+
+			if variant.fsType == harness.FuseFS {
+				container.CopyFiles(&runOpts, "/fusebin", "test/runner/fuse/fuse")
+				_, err := container.ExecProcess(ctx, dockerutil.ExecOpts{
+					Privileged: true,
+				}, "/fusebin/fuse", "--dir="+prefix, "--debug=false")
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatalf("starting fuse server failed with: %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			cpCmd := fmt.Sprintf("cp -r %s %s/.", bm.WorkDir, prefix)
 			if out, err := container.Exec(ctx, dockerutil.ExecOpts{},
 				"/bin/sh", "-c", cpCmd); err != nil {
 				b.Fatalf("failed to copy directory: %v (%s)", err, out)
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/harness/util.go b/test/benchmarks/harness/util.go
index ae1712170..a511ec06a 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/harness/util.go
+++ b/test/benchmarks/harness/util.go
@@ -69,13 +69,15 @@ const (
 	TmpFS FileSystemType = "tmpfs"
 	// RootFS indicates no mount should be created and the root mount should be used.
 	RootFS FileSystemType = "rootfs"
+	// FuseFS indicates a passthrough fuse server should be created.
+	FuseFS FileSystemType = "fusefs"
 )
 
 // MakeMount makes a mount and cleanup based on the requested type. Bind
 // and volume mounts are backed by a temp directory made with mktemp.
 // tmpfs mounts require no such backing and are just made.
-// rootfs mounts do not make a mount, but instead return a target direectory at root.
-// It is up to the caller to call Clean on the passed *cleanup.Cleanup
+// rootfs mounts do not make a mount, but instead return a target directory at
+// root. It is up to the caller to call Clean on the passed *cleanup.Cleanup.
 func MakeMount(machine Machine, fsType FileSystemType, cu *cleanup.Cleanup) ([]mount.Mount, string, error) {
 	mounts := make([]mount.Mount, 0, 1)
 	target := "/data"
@@ -107,6 +109,18 @@ func MakeMount(machine Machine, fsType FileSystemType, cu *cleanup.Cleanup) ([]m
 			Type:   mount.TypeTmpfs,
 		})
 		return mounts, target, nil
+	case FuseFS:
+		mounts = append(mounts, []mount.Mount{
+			{
+				Target: target,
+				Type:   mount.TypeTmpfs,
+			},
+			{
+				Target: "/fuse",
+				Type:   mount.TypeTmpfs,
+			},
+		}...)
+		return mounts, target, nil
 	default:
 		return mounts, "", fmt.Errorf("illegal mount type not supported: %v", fsType)
 	}
diff --git a/test/runner/fuse/BUILD b/test/runner/fuse/BUILD
index c8b9e24b9..584752841 100644
--- a/test/runner/fuse/BUILD
+++ b/test/runner/fuse/BUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ package(
 go_binary(
     name = "fuse",
     srcs = ["fuse.go"],
-    visibility = ["//test/runner:__subpackages__"],
+    visibility = [
+        "//test/benchmarks:__subpackages__",
+        "//test/runner:__subpackages__",
+    ],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/log",
         "//runsc/specutils",
diff --git a/test/runner/fuse/fuse.go b/test/runner/fuse/fuse.go
index 64bc0cba0..14efc5acf 100644
--- a/test/runner/fuse/fuse.go
+++ b/test/runner/fuse/fuse.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	opts := &fuse.MountOptions{DirectMountStrict: true, Debug: *debug, AllowOther: true, Options: []string{"default_permissions"}}
 	rawFS := fs.NewNodeFS(loopbackRoot, &fs.Options{NullPermissions: true, Logger: golog.Default()})
-	server, err := fuse.NewServer(rawFS, "/tmp", opts)
+	server, err := fuse.NewServer(rawFS, *dir, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warningf("could not create fuse server: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)