diff --git a/images/benchmarks/syscallbench/Dockerfile b/images/benchmarks/syscallbench/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26bc0c563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/benchmarks/syscallbench/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+
+RUN set -x \
+        && apt-get update \
+        && apt-get install -y \
+            gcc \
+        && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY ./syscallbench.c /
+RUN gcc /syscallbench.c -o /usr/bin/syscallbench
diff --git a/images/benchmarks/syscallbench/syscallbench.c b/images/benchmarks/syscallbench/syscallbench.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..580d90252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/benchmarks/syscallbench/syscallbench.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed 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.
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+static int loops = 10000000;
+
+static void show_usage(const char *cmd)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [options]\n"
+		"-l, --loops <num>\t\t Number of syscall loops, default 10000000\n", cmd);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int i;
+	int c;
+	struct option long_options[] = {
+		{"loops", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
+		{0, 0, 0, 0}};
+	int option_index = 0;
+
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "l:", long_options, &option_index)) != -1) {
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'l':
+			loops = atoi(optarg);
+			if (loops <= 0) {
+				show_usage(argv[0]);
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			show_usage(argv[0]);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < loops; i++)
+		syscall(SYS_getpid);
+
+	printf("# Executed %'d getpid() calls\n", loops);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/base/BUILD b/test/benchmarks/base/BUILD
index a5a3cf2c1..16d25bd5f 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/base/BUILD
+++ b/test/benchmarks/base/BUILD
@@ -48,3 +48,14 @@ benchmark_test(
         "//test/benchmarks/tools",
     ],
 )
+
+benchmark_test(
+    name = "syscallbench_test",
+    srcs = ["syscallbench_test.go"],
+    visibility = ["//:sandbox"],
+    deps = [
+        "//pkg/test/dockerutil",
+        "//test/benchmarks/harness",
+        "//test/benchmarks/tools",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/base/syscallbench_test.go b/test/benchmarks/base/syscallbench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..092b76ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/benchmarks/base/syscallbench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed 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.
+
+package syscallbench_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/test/dockerutil"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/test/benchmarks/harness"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/test/benchmarks/tools"
+)
+
+// BenchmarSyscallbench runs syscallbench on the runtime.
+func BenchmarkSyscallbench(b *testing.B) {
+	machine, err := harness.GetMachine()
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("failed to get machine: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer machine.CleanUp()
+
+	param := tools.Parameter{
+		Name:  "syscall",
+		Value: "getpid",
+	}
+	name, err := tools.ParametersToName(param)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("Failed to parse params: %v", err)
+	}
+	b.Run(name, func(b *testing.B) {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		container := machine.GetContainer(ctx, b)
+		defer container.CleanUp(ctx)
+
+		if err := container.Spawn(
+			ctx, dockerutil.RunOpts{
+				Image: "benchmarks/syscallbench",
+			},
+			"sleep", "24h",
+		); err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("run failed with: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		cmd := []string{"syscallbench", fmt.Sprintf("--loops=%d", b.N)}
+		b.ResetTimer()
+		out, err := container.Exec(ctx, dockerutil.ExecOpts{}, cmd...)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("failed to run syscallbench: %v, logs:%s", err, out)
+		}
+	})
+}