diff --git a/benchmark/vm/run-in-context.js b/benchmark/vm/run-in-context.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common.js');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1],
+  breakOnSigint: [0, 1],
+  withSigintListener: [0, 1]
+});
+
+const vm = require('vm');
+
+function main(conf) {
+  const n = +conf.n;
+  const options = conf.breakOnSigint ? {breakOnSigint: true} : {};
+  const withSigintListener = !!conf.withSigintListener;
+
+  process.removeAllListeners('SIGINT');
+  if (withSigintListener)
+    process.on('SIGINT', () => {});
+
+  var i = 0;
+
+  const contextifiedSandbox = vm.createContext();
+
+  common.v8ForceOptimization(vm.runInContext,
+                             '0', contextifiedSandbox, options);
+  bench.start();
+  for (; i < n; i++)
+    vm.runInContext('0', contextifiedSandbox, options);
+  bench.end(n);
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/vm/run-in-this-context.js b/benchmark/vm/run-in-this-context.js
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+++ b/benchmark/vm/run-in-this-context.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common.js');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1],
+  breakOnSigint: [0, 1],
+  withSigintListener: [0, 1]
+});
+
+const vm = require('vm');
+
+function main(conf) {
+  const n = +conf.n;
+  const options = conf.breakOnSigint ? {breakOnSigint: true} : {};
+  const withSigintListener = !!conf.withSigintListener;
+
+  process.removeAllListeners('SIGINT');
+  if (withSigintListener)
+    process.on('SIGINT', () => {});
+
+  var i = 0;
+
+  common.v8ForceOptimization(vm.runInThisContext, '0', options);
+  bench.start();
+  for (; i < n; i++)
+    vm.runInThisContext('0', options);
+  bench.end(n);
+}