diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
index 0e5607e4a..1bdb64a04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           uu_shuf,
           uu_sort,
           uu_split,
+          uu_tee,
           uu_timeout,
           uu_tsort,
           uu_unexpand,
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c8ddc5f31..4a89d7d02 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4256,8 +4256,10 @@ name = "uu_tee"
 version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "codspeed-divan-compat",
  "fluent",
  "rustix",
+ "tempfile",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
index 703b43089..e52fe7bc0 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,9 +24,17 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "parser", "signals"] }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 
-[target.'cfg(unix)'.dev-dependencies]
-rustix = { workspace = true }
+[dev-dependencies]
+divan = { workspace = true }
+rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["stdio", "fs"] }
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["benchmark"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "tee"
 path = "src/main.rs"
+
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "tee_bench"
+harness = false
diff --git a/src/uu/tee/benches/tee_bench.rs b/src/uu/tee/benches/tee_bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6352ded3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uu/tee/benches/tee_bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use divan::{Bencher, black_box};
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use uu_tee::uumain;
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use uucore::benchmark::{run_util_function, setup_test_file};
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[divan::bench(args = [10_000_000])]
+fn tee_stdin_file(bencher: Bencher, size_bytes: usize) {
+    let data = vec![b'a'; size_bytes];
+    let file_path = setup_test_file(&data);
+    let file = std::fs::File::open(file_path).unwrap();
+    let stdin_bak = rustix::io::dup(rustix::stdio::stdin()).unwrap();
+
+    bencher.bench_local(|| {
+        use rustix::stdio::dup2_stdin;
+        rustix::fs::seek(&file, rustix::fs::SeekFrom::Start(0)).unwrap();
+        dup2_stdin(&file).unwrap(); // should be 1 thread
+        black_box(run_util_function(uumain, &[]));
+        dup2_stdin(&stdin_bak).unwrap(); // should be 1 thread
+    });
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    divan::main();
+}