diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c8232edb8..bc473b258 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -146,9 +146,13 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 # Run all benchmarks with `cargo bench`
 # Run individual benchmarks like `cargo bench -- <regex>` e.g. `cargo bench -- parse`
 [[bench]]
-name = "parser_benchmark"
+name = "encoder_benchmark"
 harness = false
 
 [[bench]]
-name = "encoder_benchmark"
+name = "eval_benchmark"
 harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "parser_benchmark"
+harness = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/benches/eval_benchmark.rs b/benches/eval_benchmark.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f0ec2e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/eval_benchmark.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use nu_cli::eval_source;
+use nu_protocol::{PipelineData, Span, Value};
+use nu_utils::{get_default_config, get_default_env};
+
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("eval default_env.nu", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let mut engine_state = nu_command::create_default_context();
+            let mut stack = nu_protocol::engine::Stack::new();
+            eval_source(
+                &mut engine_state,
+                &mut stack,
+                get_default_env().as_bytes(),
+                "default_env.nu",
+                PipelineData::empty(),
+            )
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("eval default_config.nu", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let mut engine_state = nu_command::create_default_context();
+            // parsing config.nu breaks without PWD set
+            engine_state.add_env_var(
+                "PWD".into(),
+                Value::string("/some/dir".to_string(), Span::test_data()),
+            );
+            let mut stack = nu_protocol::engine::Stack::new();
+            eval_source(
+                &mut engine_state,
+                &mut stack,
+                get_default_config().as_bytes(),
+                "default_config.nu",
+                PipelineData::empty(),
+            )
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);