diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index a7922ae7e..ce870e27c 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) !void {
         "Build and install test executables with 'build'",
     ) orelse false;
 
+    // Add our benchmarks
+    try benchSteps(b, target, mode);
+
     const exe = b.addExecutable("ghostty", "src/main.zig");
     const exe_options = b.addOptions();
     exe_options.addOption(bool, "tracy_enabled", tracy);
@@ -337,6 +340,44 @@ fn addDeps(
     try glfw.link(b, imgui_step, glfw_opts);
 }
 
+fn benchSteps(
+    b: *std.build.Builder,
+    target: std.zig.CrossTarget,
+    mode: std.builtin.Mode,
+) !void {
+    // Open the directory ./src/bench
+    const c_dir_path = (comptime root()) ++ "/src/bench";
+    var c_dir = try fs.openIterableDirAbsolute(c_dir_path, .{});
+    defer c_dir.close();
+
+    // Go through and add each as a step
+    var c_dir_it = c_dir.iterate();
+    while (try c_dir_it.next()) |entry| {
+        // Get the index of the last '.' so we can strip the extension.
+        const index = std.mem.lastIndexOfScalar(u8, entry.name, '.') orelse continue;
+        if (index == 0) continue;
+
+        // If it doesn't end in 'zig' then ignore
+        if (!std.mem.eql(u8, entry.name[index + 1 ..], "zig")) continue;
+
+        // Name of the conformance app and full path to the entrypoint.
+        const name = entry.name[0..index];
+        const path = try fs.path.join(b.allocator, &[_][]const u8{
+            c_dir_path,
+            entry.name,
+        });
+
+        // Executable builder.
+        const bin_name = try std.fmt.allocPrint(b.allocator, "bench-{s}", .{name});
+        const c_exe = b.addExecutable(bin_name, path);
+        c_exe.setTarget(target);
+        c_exe.setBuildMode(mode);
+        c_exe.setMainPkgPath("./src");
+        c_exe.install();
+        try addDeps(b, c_exe, true);
+    }
+}
+
 fn conformanceSteps(
     b: *std.build.Builder,
     target: std.zig.CrossTarget,
diff --git a/src/bench/parser.zig b/src/bench/parser.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..452d61690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench/parser.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+//! This benchmark tests the throughput of the terminal escape code parser.
+//!
+//! To benchmark, this takes an input stream (which is expected to come in
+//! as fast as possible), runs it through the parser, and does nothing
+//! with the parse result. This bottlenecks and tests the throughput of the
+//! parser.
+//!
+//! Usage:
+//!
+//!   "--f=<path>" - A file to read to parse. If path is "-" then stdin
+//!     is read. Required.
+//!
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const ArenaAllocator = std.heap.ArenaAllocator;
+const cli_args = @import("../cli_args.zig");
+const terminal = @import("../terminal/main.zig");
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    // Just use a GPA
+    const GPA = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{});
+    var gpa = GPA{};
+    defer _ = gpa.deinit();
+    const alloc = gpa.allocator();
+
+    // Parse our args
+    var args: Args = args: {
+        var args: Args = .{};
+        errdefer args.deinit();
+        var iter = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(alloc);
+        defer iter.deinit();
+        try cli_args.parse(Args, alloc, &args, &iter);
+        break :args args;
+    };
+    defer args.deinit();
+
+    // Read the file for our input
+    const file = file: {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, args.f, "-"))
+            break :file std.io.getStdIn();
+
+        @panic("file reading not implemented yet");
+    };
+
+    // Read all into memory (TODO: support buffers one day)
+    const input = try file.reader().readAllAlloc(
+        alloc,
+        1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 16, // 16 GB
+    );
+    defer alloc.free(input);
+
+    // Run our parser
+    var p: terminal.Parser = .{};
+    for (input) |c| {
+        const actions = p.next(c);
+        //std.log.warn("actions={any}", .{actions});
+        _ = actions;
+    }
+}
+
+const Args = struct {
+    f: []const u8 = "-",
+
+    /// This is set by the CLI parser for deinit.
+    _arena: ?ArenaAllocator = null,
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *Args) void {
+        if (self._arena) |arena| arena.deinit();
+        self.* = undefined;
+    }
+};