diff --git a/services/commtest/tests/backup_performance_test.rs b/services/commtest/tests/backup_performance_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ba9adaf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/commtest/tests/backup_performance_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#[path = "./lib/tools.rs"]
+mod tools;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn backup_performance_test() {
+  assert!(false, "not implemented");
+}
diff --git a/services/commtest/tests/blob_performance_test.rs b/services/commtest/tests/blob_performance_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..209ae5e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/commtest/tests/blob_performance_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#[path = "./lib/tools.rs"]
+mod tools;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn blob_performance_test() {
+  assert!(false, "not implemented");
+}
diff --git a/services/package.json b/services/package.json
index 3777de5e3..24f311544 100644
--- a/services/package.json
+++ b/services/package.json
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 {
   "name": "services",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "scripts": {
     "build-all": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh && docker-compose build",
     "build-base-image": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh",
     "run-tunnelbroker-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh tunnelbroker",
     "run-tunnelbroker-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_server_image.sh tunnelbroker",
     "build-backup-base": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh && docker-compose build backup-base",
     "run-backup-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh backup",
     "run-backup-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_server_image.sh backup",
     "build-blob-base": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh && docker-compose build blob-base",
     "run-blob-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh blob",
     "run-blob-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_server_image.sh blob",
     "run-all-services": "./scripts/run_all_services.sh",
     "run-unit-tests": "./scripts/run_unit_tests.sh",
     "run-integration-tests": "./scripts/run_integration_tests.sh",
+    "run-performance-tests": "./scripts/run_performance_tests.sh",
     "run-all-services-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_all_services.sh",
     "init-local-cloud": "./scripts/init_local_cloud.sh",
     "delete-local-cloud": "docker-compose down -v",
     "reset-local-cloud": "yarn delete-local-cloud && yarn init-local-cloud"
   }
 }
diff --git a/services/scripts/run_performance_tests.sh b/services/scripts/run_performance_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1910002ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/scripts/run_performance_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+SERVICES=$(./scripts/list_services.sh)
+
+run_performance_test () {
+  echo "performance tests tests will be run for the $1 service"
+  # add  -- --nocapture in the end to enable logs
+  cargo test "$1"_performance_test --test '*' --manifest-path=commtest/Cargo.toml #-- --nocapture
+}
+
+list_expected () {
+  echo "Expected one of these:";
+  echo "$SERVICES";
+  echo "all";
+}
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "No service specified" >&2
+  list_expected;
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "$1" == "all" ]]; then
+  for SERVICE in "$SERVICES"; do
+    run_performance_test "$SERVICE"
+  done
+  exit 0;
+fi;
+
+SERVICE=$(grep "$1" <<< "$SERVICES")
+
+if [[ "$SERVICE" != "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "No such service: $1";
+  list_expected;
+  exit 1;
+fi;
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd -P)
+
+set -o allexport
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.env"
+set +o allexport
+
+run_performance_test "$SERVICE"