diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 490413d15..d2f5f6901 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ lib/Doctrine/DBAL
 .idea
 vendor/
 composer.lock
+/tests/Doctrine/Performance/history.db
diff --git a/phpbench.json b/phpbench.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74fdef412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpbench.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "bootstrap": "vendor/autoload.php",
+    "path": "tests/Doctrine/Performance",
+
+    "extensions": [
+        "PhpBench\\Extensions\\Dbal\\DbalExtension",
+        "PhpBench\\Extensions\\XDebug\\XDebugExtension"
+    ],
+
+    "storage": "dbal",
+    "storage.dbal.connection": {
+        "driver": "pdo_sqlite",
+        "path": "tests/Doctrine/Performance/history.db"
+    }
+}