diff --git a/qa/zcash/performance-measurements.sh b/qa/zcash/performance-measurements.sh
index d6cc504d1..08d2ab9a5 100755
--- a/qa/zcash/performance-measurements.sh
+++ b/qa/zcash/performance-measurements.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function use_200k_benchmark {
 
 function zcashd_start {
     case "$1" in
-        sendtoaddress)
+        sendtoaddress|loadwallet)
             case "$2" in
                 200k-recv)
                     use_200k_benchmark 0
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function zcashd_stop {
 
 function zcashd_massif_start {
     case "$1" in
-        sendtoaddress)
+        sendtoaddress|loadwallet)
             case "$2" in
                 200k-recv)
                     use_200k_benchmark 0
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ case "$1" in
             sendtoaddress)
                 zcash_rpc zcbenchmark sendtoaddress 10 "${@:4}"
                 ;;
+            loadwallet)
+                zcash_rpc zcbenchmark loadwallet 10 
+                ;;
             *)
                 zcashd_stop
                 echo "Bad arguments."
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 995b6b99c..f156f1983 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -2602,6 +2602,11 @@ UniValue zc_benchmark(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             }
             auto amount = AmountFromValue(params[2]);
             sample_times.push_back(benchmark_sendtoaddress(amount));
+        } else if (benchmarktype == "loadwallet") {
+            if (Params().NetworkIDString() != "regtest") {
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Benchmark must be run in regtest mode");
+            }
+            sample_times.push_back(benchmark_loadwallet());
         } else {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Invalid benchmarktype");
         }
diff --git a/src/zcbenchmarks.cpp b/src/zcbenchmarks.cpp
index e366d8aa4..5c20a67e3 100644
--- a/src/zcbenchmarks.cpp
+++ b/src/zcbenchmarks.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,39 @@
 #include "zcash/IncrementalMerkleTree.hpp"
 
 using namespace libzcash;
+// This method is based on Shutdown from init.cpp
+void pre_wallet_load()
+{
+    LogPrintf("%s: In progress...\n", __func__);
+    if (ShutdownRequested())
+        throw new std::runtime_error("The node is shutting down");
+
+    if (pwalletMain)
+        pwalletMain->Flush(false);
+#ifdef ENABLE_MINING
+    GenerateBitcoins(false, NULL, 0);
+#endif
+    UnregisterNodeSignals(GetNodeSignals());
+    if (pwalletMain)
+        pwalletMain->Flush(true);
+
+    UnregisterValidationInterface(pwalletMain);
+    delete pwalletMain;
+    pwalletMain = NULL;
+    bitdb.Reset();
+    RegisterNodeSignals(GetNodeSignals());
+    LogPrintf("%s: done\n", __func__);
+}
+
+void post_wallet_load(){
+    RegisterValidationInterface(pwalletMain);
+#ifdef ENABLE_MINING
+    // Generate coins in the background
+    if (pwalletMain || !GetArg("-mineraddress", "").empty())
+        GenerateBitcoins(GetBoolArg("-gen", false), pwalletMain, GetArg("-genproclimit", 1));
+#endif    
+}
+
 
 void timer_start(timeval &tv_start)
 {
@@ -420,3 +453,15 @@ double benchmark_sendtoaddress(CAmount amount)
     return timer_stop(tv_start);
 }
 
+double benchmark_loadwallet()
+{
+    pre_wallet_load();
+    struct timeval tv_start;
+    bool fFirstRunRet=true;
+    timer_start(tv_start);
+    pwalletMain = new CWallet("wallet.dat");
+    DBErrors nLoadWalletRet = pwalletMain->LoadWallet(fFirstRunRet);
+    auto res = timer_stop(tv_start);
+    post_wallet_load();
+    return res;
+}
diff --git a/src/zcbenchmarks.h b/src/zcbenchmarks.h
index e1d3bbab2..a2672daa0 100644
--- a/src/zcbenchmarks.h
+++ b/src/zcbenchmarks.h
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ extern double benchmark_try_decrypt_notes(size_t nAddrs);
 extern double benchmark_increment_note_witnesses(size_t nTxs);
 extern double benchmark_connectblock_slow();
 extern double benchmark_sendtoaddress(CAmount amount);
+extern double benchmark_loadwallet();
 
 #endif