diff --git a/test/mpi/bench/Makefile.am b/test/mpi/bench/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2341c2c9a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mpi/bench/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+##
+## Copyright (C) by Argonne National Laboratory
+##     See COPYRIGHT in top-level directory
+##
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile_single.mtest
+LDADD += -lm
+
+## for all programs that are just built from the single corresponding source
+## file, we don't need per-target _SOURCES rules, automake will infer them
+## correctly
+noinst_PROGRAMS = \
+    p2p_latency \
+    p2p_bw
+
+.def.c:
+	mydef_page $<
diff --git a/test/mpi/bench/testlist b/test/mpi/bench/testlist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af73dca792a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mpi/bench/testlist
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+p2p_latency 2 resultTest=TestBench
+p2p_bw 2 resultTest=TestBench
diff --git a/test/mpi/configure.ac b/test/mpi/configure.ac
index 8bf7b30937f..9a7ed7b50dc 100644
--- a/test/mpi/configure.ac
+++ b/test/mpi/configure.ac
@@ -1904,5 +1904,6 @@ AC_OUTPUT(maint/testmerge \
           impls/mpich/ulfm/Makefile \
           impls/mpich/info/Makefile \
           impls/mpich/info/testlist \
+          bench/Makefile \
           )