diff --git a/benchmark/html/index.js b/benchmark/html/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9921d08112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/html/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = {
+  parsing: require("./parsing")
+};
diff --git a/benchmark/html/parsing.js b/benchmark/html/parsing.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4b693667f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/html/parsing.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"use strict";
+const suite = require("../document-suite");
+
+// Measures the time spent parsing and creating a large text node
+// https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom/pull/2419
+
+exports.text = suite(document => {
+  document.body.innerHTML = `
+  <p>
+    ${"Some methods have unexpected implications for performance. ".repeat(5000)}
+  </p>`;
+});
diff --git a/benchmark/index.js b/benchmark/index.js
index 9040949d36..3c454aa195 100644
--- a/benchmark/index.js
+++ b/benchmark/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 module.exports = {
   jsdom: require("./jsdom"),
-  dom: require("./dom")
+  dom: require("./dom"),
+  html: require("./html")
 };
 
 require("./prepare-suites")("", module.exports);