diff --git a/t/perf/README b/t/perf/README
index 49ea4349bedfc53b5b565cf1102c74ccb93ab653..de2fe1569603eac1316d7c5a7224e2617f0cb996 100644
--- a/t/perf/README
+++ b/t/perf/README
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ sources perf-lib.sh:
 
 After that you will want to use some of the following:
 
+	test_perf_fresh_repo    # sets up an empty repository
 	test_perf_default_repo  # sets up a "normal" repository
 	test_perf_large_repo    # sets up a "large" repository
 
diff --git a/t/perf/p0100-globbing.sh b/t/perf/p0100-globbing.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd18a9ce2b115fbf92a4787f5336cb4c9f549d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/perf/p0100-globbing.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description="Tests pathological globbing performance
+
+Shows how Git's globbing performance performs when given the sort of
+pathological patterns described in at https://research.swtch.com/glob
+"
+
+. ./perf-lib.sh
+
+test_globs_big='10 25 50 75 100'
+test_globs_small='1 2 3 4 5 6'
+
+test_perf_fresh_repo
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	for i in $(test_seq 1 100)
+	do
+		printf "a" >>refname &&
+		for j in $(test_seq 1 $i)
+		do
+			printf "a*" >>refglob.$i
+		done &&
+		echo b >>refglob.$i
+	done &&
+	test_commit test $(cat refname).t "" $(cat refname).t
+'
+
+for i in $test_globs_small
+do
+	test_perf "refglob((a*)^nb) against tag (a^100).t; n = $i" '
+		git for-each-ref "refs/tags/$(cat refglob.'$i')b"
+	'
+done
+
+for i in $test_globs_small
+do
+	test_perf "fileglob((a*)^nb) against file (a^100).t; n = $i" '
+		git ls-files "$(cat refglob.'$i')b"
+	'
+done
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/perf/perf-lib.sh b/t/perf/perf-lib.sh
index ab4b8b06ae50c5e4ee7e128ded55dea7dddf7865..b6fc880395791c6f33577dc83387939ceb786bbf 100644
--- a/t/perf/perf-lib.sh
+++ b/t/perf/perf-lib.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ if test -z "$GIT_PERF_LARGE_REPO"; then
 	GIT_PERF_LARGE_REPO=$TEST_DIRECTORY/..
 fi
 
+test_perf_do_repo_symlink_config_ () {
+	test_have_prereq SYMLINKS || git config core.symlinks false
+}
+
 test_perf_create_repo_from () {
 	test "$#" = 2 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-create-repo"
@@ -102,15 +106,22 @@ test_perf_create_repo_from () {
 	) &&
 	(
 		cd "$repo" &&
-		"$MODERN_GIT" init -q && {
-			test_have_prereq SYMLINKS ||
-			git config core.symlinks false
-		} &&
+		"$MODERN_GIT" init -q &&
+		test_perf_do_repo_symlink_config_ &&
 		mv .git/hooks .git/hooks-disabled 2>/dev/null
 	) || error "failed to copy repository '$source' to '$repo'"
 }
 
 # call at least one of these to establish an appropriately-sized repository
+test_perf_fresh_repo () {
+	repo="${1:-$TRASH_DIRECTORY}"
+	"$MODERN_GIT" init -q "$repo" &&
+	(
+		cd "$repo" &&
+		test_perf_do_repo_symlink_config_
+	)
+}
+
 test_perf_default_repo () {
 	test_perf_create_repo_from "${1:-$TRASH_DIRECTORY}" "$GIT_PERF_REPO"
 }