diff --git a/Cakefile b/Cakefile
index 5e5a7073..da53da08 100644
--- a/Cakefile
+++ b/Cakefile
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ task 'doc:underscore', 'rebuild the Underscore.coffee documentation page', ->
   exec 'docco examples/underscore.coffee && cp -rf docs documentation && rm -r docs', (err) ->
     throw err if err
 
+task 'bench', 'quick benchmark of compilation time (of everything in src)', ->
+  exec 'time bin/coffee -p src/ > /dev/null', (err, stdout, stderr) ->
+    print stderr
 
 task 'loc', 'count the lines of source code in the CoffeeScript compiler', ->
   sources = ['src/coffee-script.coffee', 'src/grammar.coffee', 'src/helpers.coffee', 'src/lexer.coffee', 'src/nodes.coffee', 'src/rewriter.coffee', 'src/scope.coffee']