diff --git a/helpers/content_test.go b/helpers/content_test.go
index 44cee2f50..e2410cedd 100644
--- a/helpers/content_test.go
+++ b/helpers/content_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+const tstHtmlContent = "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><script src=\"http://two/foobar.js\"></script></head><body><nav><ul><li hugo-nav=\"section_0\"></li><li hugo-nav=\"section_1\"></li></ul></nav><article>content <a href=\"http://two/foobar\">foobar</a>. Follow up</article><p>This is some text.<br>And some more.</p></body></html>"
+
 func TestStripHTML(t *testing.T) {
 	type test struct {
 		input, expected string
@@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ func TestStripHTML(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkStripHTML(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		StripHTML(tstHtmlContent)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStripEmptyNav(t *testing.T) {
 	cleaned := StripEmptyNav([]byte("do<nav>\n</nav>\n\nbedobedo"))
 	assert.Equal(t, []byte("dobedobedo"), cleaned)
