diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 166b9337aa..7416850003 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/base.scm				\
   %D%/packages/bash.scm				\
   %D%/packages/bdw-gc.scm			\
+  %D%/packages/benchmark.scm			\
   %D%/packages/bioinformatics.scm		\
   %D%/packages/bittorrent.scm			\
   %D%/packages/bison.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/benchmark.scm b/gnu/packages/benchmark.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25813d1ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/benchmark.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages benchmark)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages linux))
+
+(define-public fio
+  (package
+    (name "fio")
+    (version "2.13")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append
+                       "http://brick.kernel.dk/snaps/"
+                       "fio-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "10bn9jzks8mam5vz6falhr9pmd9wx248kh53vqp1bazbfxs3qgz0"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:tests? #f ; No tests.
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'configure
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             ;; The configure script doesn't understand some of the
+             ;; GNU options, so we can't use #:configure-flags.
+             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+               (zero? (system* "./configure"
+                               (string-append "--prefix=" out)))))))))
+    (inputs
+     `(("libaio" ,libaio)
+       ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/axboe/fio")
+    (synopsis "Flexible I/O tester")
+    (description
+     "fio is a tool that will spawn a number of threads or processes doing a
+particular type of I/O action as specified by the user.  The typical use of fio
+is to write a job file matching the I/O load one wants to simulate.")
+    ;; The software is distributed under the GPL2, but a handful of components
+    ;; are covered by other licenses.
+    (license (list license:gpl2 license:gpl2+ license:bsd-2
+                   license:public-domain))))