diff --git a/src/Makefile.bench.include b/src/Makefile.bench.include
index 7ba0111fa68..2ba72c9e76b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.bench.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.bench.include
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ bench_bench_bitcoin_SOURCES = \
   bench/ccoins_caching.cpp \
   bench/chacha20.cpp \
   bench/checkblock.cpp \
+  bench/checkblockindex.cpp \
   bench/checkqueue.cpp \
   bench/crypto_hash.cpp \
   bench/data.cpp \
diff --git a/src/bench/checkblockindex.cpp b/src/bench/checkblockindex.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8a848dbd40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench/checkblockindex.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023-present The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <bench/bench.h>
+#include <test/util/setup_common.h>
+#include <validation.h>
+
+static void CheckBlockIndex(benchmark::Bench& bench)
+{
+    auto testing_setup{MakeNoLogFileContext<TestChain100Setup>()};
+    // Mine some more blocks
+    testing_setup->mineBlocks(1000);
+    bench.run([&] {
+        testing_setup->m_node.chainman->CheckBlockIndex();
+    });
+}
+
+
+BENCHMARK(CheckBlockIndex, benchmark::PriorityLevel::HIGH);