diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmarks/external_cmds.fish b/benchmarks/benchmarks/external_cmds.fish
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c79e6f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmarks/external_cmds.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+for i in (seq 2000)
+   /usr/bin/true
+end
+