diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a3bad3d1540..bde1921eb8c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ does not automatically trigger a re-build of the standard library; you have to
 clear the Miri build cache manually (on Linux, `rm -rf ~/.cache/miri`;
 and on Windows, `rmdir /S "%LOCALAPPDATA%\rust-lang\miri\cache"`).
 
+### Benchmarking
+
+Miri comes with a few benchmarks; you can run `./miri bench` to run them with the locally built
+Miri. Note: this will run `./miri install` as a side-effect. Also requires `hyperfine` to be
+installed (`cargo install hyperfine`).
+
 ## Configuring `rust-analyzer`
 
 To configure `rust-analyzer` and VS Code for working on Miri, save the following
diff --git a/miri b/miri
index da5634d6a95..2debf70c166 100755
--- a/miri
+++ b/miri
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Runs <command> over and over again with different seeds for Miri. The MIRIFLAGS
 variable is set to its original value appended with ` -Zmiri-seed=$SEED` for
 many different seeds.
 
+./miri bench <benches>:
+Runs the benchmarks from bench-cargo-miri in hyperfine. hyperfine needs to be installed.
+<benches> can explicitly list the benchmarks to run; by default, all of them are run.
+
   ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 
 MIRI_SYSROOT:
@@ -47,6 +51,11 @@ Pass extra flags to all cargo invocations.
 EOF
 )
 
+## Preparation
+# macOS does not have a useful readlink/realpath so we have to use Python instead...
+MIRIDIR=$(python3 -c 'import os, sys; print(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1])))' "$0")
+TOOLCHAIN=$(cd "$MIRIDIR"; rustup show active-toolchain | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+
 # Determine command.
 COMMAND="$1"
 [ $# -gt 0 ] && shift
@@ -60,14 +69,23 @@ many-seeds)
     done
     exit 0
     ;;
+bench)
+    # Make sure we have an up-to-date Miri installed
+    "$0" install
+    # Run the requested benchmarks
+    if [ -z "$@" ]; then
+        BENCHES=( $(ls "$MIRIDIR/bench-cargo-miri" ) )
+    else
+        BENCHES=("$@")
+    fi
+    for BENCH in "${BENCHES[@]}"; do
+        hyperfine -w 1 -m 5 --shell=none "cargo +$TOOLCHAIN miri run --manifest-path bench-cargo-miri/$BENCH/Cargo.toml"
+    done
+    exit 0
+    ;;
 esac
 
-## Preparation
-# macOS does not have a useful readlink/realpath so we have to use Python instead...
-MIRIDIR=$(python3 -c 'import os, sys; print(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1])))' "$0")
-# Determine toolchain *in the Miri dir* and use that.
-TOOLCHAIN=$(cd "$MIRIDIR"; rustup show active-toolchain | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
-
+## Prepare the environment
 # Determine some toolchain properties
 TARGET=$(rustc +$TOOLCHAIN --version --verbose | grep "^host:" | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
 SYSROOT=$(rustc +$TOOLCHAIN --print sysroot)