diff --git a/repos/os/run/cpu_bench.run b/repos/os/run/cpu_bench.run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d33d1f2a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/run/cpu_bench.run
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+if { [get_cmd_switch --autopilot] } {
+	if {[have_include "power_on/qemu"]} {
+		puts "\nRun script does not support Qemu.\n"
+		exit 0
+	}
+}
+
+build "core init test/cpu_bench"
+
+create_boot_directory
+
+install_config {
+<config prio_levels="2">
+	<parent-provides>
+		<service name="ROM"/>
+		<service name="IRQ"/>
+		<service name="IO_MEM"/>
+		<service name="IO_PORT"/>
+		<service name="PD"/>
+		<service name="RM"/>
+		<service name="CPU"/>
+		<service name="LOG"/>
+	</parent-provides>
+
+	<default-route> <any-service> <parent/> <any-child/> </any-service> </default-route>
+	<default caps="200"/>
+
+	<start name="timer" caps="64" priority="0">
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="1M"/>
+		<provides><service name="Timer"/></provides>
+	</start>
+	<start name="test-cpu" priority="-1">
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="1M"/>
+	</start>
+</config>
+}
+
+build_boot_image {
+	core init test-cpu ld.lib.so timer
+}
+
+append qemu_args " -nographic  "
+
+proc run_test {name serial_id} {
+	run_genode_until "start $name.*\n"    20  $serial_id
+	set t1  [clock milliseconds]
+	run_genode_until "finished $name.*\n" 200 $serial_id
+	set t2  [clock milliseconds]
+	return [expr {$t2 - $t1}]
+}
+
+run_genode_until "Cpu testsuite started.*\n" 60
+set serial_id       [output_spawn_id]
+set bogomips        [run_test "bogomips" $serial_id]
+puts "bogomips: 2G Bogus instructions in $bogomips milliseconds ([expr {2000000.0 / $bogomips}] BogoMIPS)"
+exit 0
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/bogomips.h b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/bogomips.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d709d8e1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/bogomips.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+void bogomips() __attribute__((optimize("O0")));
+
+void bogomips()
+{
+	for (register unsigned i = 0; i < 1000000000; i++) ;
+};
+
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/linux/Makefile b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/linux/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9490900b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/linux/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+INC_DIR = $(PWD)/..
+
+cpu_bench: main.cc $(INC_DIR)/bogomips.h
+	g++ -I$(INC_DIR) -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Weffc++ -std=gnu++11 $< -o $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *~ cpu_bench
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/linux/main.cc b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/linux/main.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e98f30f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/linux/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#include <time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <bogomips.h>
+
+struct Duration { unsigned long usecs; };
+
+
+struct Time
+{
+	timespec _timespec { 0, 0 };
+
+	Time()
+	{
+		clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &_timespec);
+	}
+
+	Time(timespec timespec) : _timespec(timespec) { }
+
+	void print() const
+	{
+		printf("secs=%ld nsecs=%ld\n",
+		       (long)_timespec.tv_sec, (long)_timespec.tv_nsec);
+	}
+
+	static Duration duration(Time t1, Time t2)
+	{
+		auto usecs = [&] (timespec ts) {
+			return 1000UL*1000UL*((unsigned long)ts.tv_sec % 1000UL)
+			       + (unsigned long)ts.tv_nsec/1000UL; };
+
+		return Duration { usecs(t2._timespec) - usecs(t1._timespec) };
+	}
+};
+
+
+int main(int, char**)
+{
+	printf("bogomips test:\n");
+	Time s;
+	bogomips();
+	{
+		Time e;
+		Duration duration = Time::duration(s, e);
+		printf("2G bogus instructions in %ld msecs (%f BogoMIPS)\n",
+		       duration.usecs/1000, 2000000000 / (float)duration.usecs);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/main.cc b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/main.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05679330d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  Testing CPU performance
+ * \author Stefan Kalkowski
+ * \date   2018-10-22
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#include <base/component.h>
+#include <base/log.h>
+#include <timer_session/connection.h>
+
+#include <bogomips.h>
+
+void Component::construct(Genode::Env &env)
+{
+	Timer::Connection timer(env);
+	timer.msleep(2000);
+
+	Genode::log("Cpu testsuite started");
+	Genode::log("start bogomips");
+	bogomips();
+	Genode::log("finished bogomips");
+};
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/target.mk b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a61148ad85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/cpu_bench/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+TARGET  = test-cpu
+SRC_CC  = main.cc
+INC_DIR = $(PRG_DIR)
+LIBS    = base