diff --git a/benchmark/common.js b/benchmark/common.js
index c4a5f7ebb6620c..b87460b3c02ef4 100644
--- a/benchmark/common.js
+++ b/benchmark/common.js
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 
-var silent = +process.env.NODE_BENCH_SILENT;
+var outputFormat = process.env.OUTPUT_FORMAT ||
+                   (+process.env.NODE_BENCH_SILENT ? 'silent' : false) ||
+                   'default';
+
+// verify outputFormat
+if (['default', 'csv', 'silent'].indexOf(outputFormat) == -1) {
+  throw new Error('OUTPUT_FORMAT set to invalid value');
+}
 
 exports.PORT = process.env.PORT || 12346;
 
@@ -44,7 +51,9 @@ function runBenchmarks() {
   if (test.match(/^[\._]/))
     return process.nextTick(runBenchmarks);
 
-  console.error(type + '/' + test);
+  if (outputFormat == 'default')
+    console.error(type + '/' + test);
+
   test = path.resolve(dir, test);
 
   var a = (process.execArgv || []).concat(test);
@@ -139,6 +148,10 @@ Benchmark.prototype._run = function() {
     return newSet;
   }, [[main]]);
 
+  // output csv heading
+  if (outputFormat == 'csv')
+    console.log('filename,' + Object.keys(options).join(',') + ',result');
+
   var node = process.execPath;
   var i = 0;
   function run() {
@@ -203,15 +216,25 @@ Benchmark.prototype.end = function(operations) {
 
 Benchmark.prototype.report = function(value) {
   var heading = this.getHeading();
-  if (!silent)
+
+  if (outputFormat == 'default')
     console.log('%s: %s', heading, value.toFixed(5));
+  else if (outputFormat == 'csv')
+    console.log('%s,%s', heading, value.toFixed(5));
 
   process.exit(0);
 };
 
 Benchmark.prototype.getHeading = function() {
   var conf = this.config;
-  return this._name + ' ' + Object.keys(conf).map(function(key) {
-    return key + '=' + conf[key];
-  }).join(' ');
+
+  if (outputFormat == 'default') {
+    return this._name + ' ' + Object.keys(conf).map(function(key) {
+      return key + '=' + conf[key];
+    }).join(' ');
+  } else if (outputFormat == 'csv') {
+    return this._name + ',' + Object.keys(conf).map(function(key) {
+      return conf[key];
+    }).join(',');
+  }
 };
diff --git a/benchmark/plot_csv.R b/benchmark/plot_csv.R
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..20ab033ef9be5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/plot_csv.R
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
+
+# To use this to graph some benchmarks, install R (http://www.r-project.org/)
+# and ggplot (http://ggplot2.org/).
+#
+# Once installed, you can generate some CSV output with a command like this:
+#
+#     $ OUTPUT_FORMAT=csv iojs benchmark/http/client-request-body.js > data.csv
+#     $ ./benchmark/plot_csv.R data.csv data.png bytes type
+#
+# Where the 3rd argument to this script is the graph's X coordinate, the 4th is
+# how the output is grouped, and the Y coordinate defaults to result.
+
+library(methods)
+library(ggplot2)
+
+# get info from arguments
+args <- commandArgs(TRUE)
+
+csvFilename <- args[1]
+graphFilename <- args[2]
+
+xCoordinate <- args[3]
+groupBy <- args[4]
+
+# read data
+data <- read.csv(file = csvFilename, head = TRUE)
+
+# plot and save
+plot <- ggplot(data = data, aes_string(x = xCoordinate, y = 'result', col = groupBy)) +
+        geom_point(size = 5) +
+        ggtitle(data$filename)
+
+png(filename = graphFilename, width = 560, height = 480, units = 'px')
+print(plot)
+graphics.off()
+
+cat(paste('Saved to', graphFilename, '\n'))