diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 2350b68c7..f71946817 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -98,5 +98,6 @@ parallel(
 				runStages()
 			}
 		}
-	}
+	},
 )
+
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile.benchmarks b/Jenkinsfile.benchmarks
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53feedc50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkinsfile.benchmarks
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40760716/jenkins-abort-running-build-if-new-one-is-started
+def buildNumber = env.BUILD_NUMBER as int
+if (buildNumber > 1) {
+	milestone(buildNumber - 1)
+}
+milestone(buildNumber)
+
+node("metal") {
+	withEnv(["NPROC=${sh(returnStdout: true, script: 'nproc').trim()}"]) {
+		try {
+			stage("Clone") {
+				/* source code checkout */
+				checkout scm
+				/* we need to update the submodules before caching kicks in */
+				sh "git submodule update --init --recursive"
+			}
+
+			cache(maxCacheSize: 250, caches: [
+				[$class: "ArbitraryFileCache", excludes: "", includes: "**/*", path: "${WORKSPACE}/vendor/nimbus-build-system/vendor/Nim/bin"],
+			]) {
+				stage("Build") {
+					sh """#!/bin/bash
+					set -e
+					make -j${env.NPROC} update # to allow a newer Nim version to be detected
+					"""
+				}
+			}
+
+			stage("Benchmark") {
+				sh """#!/bin/bash
+				set -e
+				git clone https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-benchmarking.git
+				./nimbus-benchmarking/run_nbc_benchmarks.sh
+				"""
+				benchmark(altInputSchema: "", altInputSchemaLocation: "", inputLocation: "results/*/result.json", schemaSelection: "defaultSchema", truncateStrings: true)
+			}
+		} catch(e) {
+			// we need to rethrow the exception here
+			throw e
+		} finally {
+			// clean the workspace
+			cleanWs(disableDeferredWipeout: true, deleteDirs: true)
+		}
+	}
+}
+