diff --git a/compiler/Makefile b/compiler/Makefile
index 749b9cad9..e2cd82d88 100644
--- a/compiler/Makefile
+++ b/compiler/Makefile
@@ -338,6 +338,14 @@ run-cpu-benchmarks: build-benchmarks generate-cpu-benchmarks
 		--benchmark_out=benchmarks_results.json --benchmark_out_format=json \
 		$(BENCHMARK_CPU_DIR)/*.yaml;)
 
+FIXTURE_APPLICATION_DIR=tests/end_to_end_fixture/application/
+
+run-cpu-application-benchmarks:
+	unzip $(FIXTURE_APPLICATION_DIR)/*.zip -d $(FIXTURE_APPLICATION_DIR)
+	$(BUILD_DIR)/bin/end_to_end_benchmark \
+		--backend=cpu --benchmark_out=benchmarks_results.json --benchmark_out_format=json \
+		$(FIXTURE_APPLICATION_DIR)*.yaml
+
 ## benchmark GPU
 
 BENCHMARK_GPU_DIR=tests/end_to_end_fixture/benchmarks_gpu
diff --git a/compiler/tests/end_to_end_fixture/application/cifar.zip b/compiler/tests/end_to_end_fixture/application/cifar.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82374ec29
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