diff --git a/src/bench_internal.c b/src/bench_internal.c
index 1a06e9441a7..dbe93af538a 100644
--- a/src/bench_internal.c
+++ b/src/bench_internal.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "ecmult_const_impl.h"
 #include "ecmult_impl.h"
 #include "bench.h"
+#include "secp256k1.c"
 
 typedef struct {
     secp256k1_scalar_t scalar_x, scalar_y;
@@ -282,6 +283,22 @@ void bench_rfc6979_hmac_sha256(void* arg) {
     }
 }
 
+void bench_context_verify(void* arg) {
+    int i;
+    (void)arg;
+    for (i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+        secp256k1_context_destroy(secp256k1_context_create(SECP256K1_CONTEXT_VERIFY));
+    }
+}
+
+void bench_context_sign(void* arg) {
+    int i;
+    (void)arg;
+    for (i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
+        secp256k1_context_destroy(secp256k1_context_create(SECP256K1_CONTEXT_SIGN));
+    }
+}
+
 
 int have_flag(int argc, char** argv, char *flag) {
     char** argm = argv + argc;
@@ -327,5 +344,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (have_flag(argc, argv, "hash") || have_flag(argc, argv, "sha256")) run_benchmark("hash_sha256", bench_sha256, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, 20000);
     if (have_flag(argc, argv, "hash") || have_flag(argc, argv, "hmac")) run_benchmark("hash_hmac_sha256", bench_hmac_sha256, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, 20000);
     if (have_flag(argc, argv, "hash") || have_flag(argc, argv, "rng6979")) run_benchmark("hash_rfc6979_hmac_sha256", bench_rfc6979_hmac_sha256, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, 20000);
+
+    if (have_flag(argc, argv, "context") || have_flag(argc, argv, "verify")) run_benchmark("context_verify", bench_context_verify, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, 20);
+    if (have_flag(argc, argv, "context") || have_flag(argc, argv, "sign")) run_benchmark("context_sign", bench_context_sign, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, 200);
+
     return 0;
 }