diff --git a/libcontainer/integration/bench_test.go b/libcontainer/integration/bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/libcontainer/integration/bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkExecTrue(b *testing.B) {
+	config := newTemplateConfig(b, nil)
+	container, err := newContainer(b, config)
+	ok(b, err)
+	defer destroyContainer(container)
+
+	// Execute a first process in the container
+	stdinR, stdinW, err := os.Pipe()
+	ok(b, err)
+	process := &libcontainer.Process{
+		Cwd:   "/",
+		Args:  []string{"cat"},
+		Env:   standardEnvironment,
+		Stdin: stdinR,
+		Init:  true,
+	}
+	err = container.Run(process)
+	_ = stdinR.Close()
+	defer func() {
+		_ = stdinW.Close()
+		if _, err := process.Wait(); err != nil {
+			b.Log(err)
+		}
+	}()
+	ok(b, err)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		exec := &libcontainer.Process{
+			Cwd:      "/",
+			Args:     []string{"/bin/true"},
+			Env:      standardEnvironment,
+			LogLevel: "0", // Minimize forwardChildLogs involvement.
+		}
+		err := container.Run(exec)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal("exec failed:", err)
+		}
+		waitProcess(exec, b)
+	}
+	b.StopTimer()
+}