diff --git a/ext/tlib/testsuite.c b/ext/tlib/testsuite.c
index ad5d1c73..586bb5a5 100644
--- a/ext/tlib/testsuite.c
+++ b/ext/tlib/testsuite.c
@@ -48,25 +48,51 @@ void tlib_add_test_opt(const char *name, void (*fn)(void))
     add_test_to_list(name, fn, 1, &test_tail);
 }
 
+struct hook
+{
+    void (*fn)(const char *name, void (*fn)(void), int v);
+    struct hook *next;
+};
+static struct hook hook_sentinel = { .next = &hook_sentinel };
+static struct hook *hook_tail = &hook_sentinel;
+static void add_hook_to_list(void (*fn)(void), struct hook **tail)
+{
+    struct hook *hook = calloc(1, sizeof *hook);
+    hook->fn = fn;
+    hook->next = (*tail)->next;
+    (*tail)->next = hook;
+    (*tail) = hook;
+}
+void tlib_add_hook(void (*fn)(const char *name, void (*fn)(void), int v))
+{
+    add_hook_to_list(fn, &hook_tail);
+}
+
 static FILE *tlib_out, *tlib_err;
 static jmp_buf test_jmp_buf, *test_jmp;
 static char assert_buf[256];
 static void test_printf(const char *fmt, ...);
 static double run_test(struct test *test)
 {
+    double res;
+    for (struct hook *hook = hook_tail->next->next; 0 != hook->fn; hook = hook->next)
+        hook->fn(test->name, test->fn, +1);
 #if defined(_WIN64) || defined(_WIN32)
     #pragma comment(lib, "winmm.lib")
     unsigned long __stdcall timeGetTime(void);
     unsigned long t0 = timeGetTime();
     test->fn();
     unsigned long t1 = timeGetTime();
-    return (t1 - t0) / 1000.0;
+    res = (t1 - t0) / 1000.0;
 #else
     time_t t0 = time(0);
     test->fn();
     time_t t1 = time(0);
-    return difftime(t1, t0);
+    res = difftime(t1, t0);
 #endif
+    for (struct hook *hook = hook_tail->next->next; 0 != hook->fn; hook = hook->next)
+        hook->fn(test->name, test->fn, -1);
+    return res;
 }
 static void do_test_default(struct test *test, int testno)
 {
diff --git a/ext/tlib/testsuite.h b/ext/tlib/testsuite.h
index a0c60654..84150ce4 100644
--- a/ext/tlib/testsuite.h
+++ b/ext/tlib/testsuite.h
@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@ void tlib_add_test_suite(const char *name, void (*fn)(void));
 void tlib_add_test(const char *name, void (*fn)(void));
 void tlib_add_test_opt(const char *name, void (*fn)(void));
 
+/**
+ * Register a test hook to be run before and after every test.
+ *
+ * Test hooks are functions with prototype
+ * <code>void testhook(const char *name, void (*fn)(void), int v)</code>.
+ * The parameter v specifies that a test is about to be executed (v is +1)
+ * or it was just executed (v is -1).
+ */
+#define TESTHOOK(fn)\
+    do\
+    {\
+        void fn(const char *name, void (*fn)(void), int v);\
+        tlib_add_hook(fn);\
+    } while (0)
+
+void tlib_add_hook(void (*fn)(const char *name, void (*fn)(void), int v));
+
 /**
  * Printf function.
  *
diff --git a/tools/run-perf-tests.bat b/tools/run-perf-tests.bat
index fc7ca2e7..0c3409b0 100755
--- a/tools/run-perf-tests.bat
+++ b/tools/run-perf-tests.bat
@@ -30,25 +30,25 @@ pushd fsbench
 set OptFiles=1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
 if X%2==Xbaseline set OptFiles=10000
 for %%a in (%OptFiles%) do (
-    call :csv %%a "%fsbench% --files=%%a file_*"
+    call :csv %%a "%fsbench% --empty-cache --files=%%a file_*"
 )
 
 set OptRdwrCc=100 200 300 400 500
 if X%2==Xbaseline set OptRdwrCc=1000
 for %%a in (%OptRdwrCc%) do (
-    call :csv %%a "%fsbench% --rdwr-cc=%%a rdwr_cc_*"
+    call :csv %%a "%fsbench% --empty-cache --rdwr-cc=%%a rdwr_cc_*"
 )
 
 set OptRdwrNc=100 200 300 400 500
 if X%2==Xbaseline set OptRdwrNc=100
 for %%a in (%OptRdwrNc%) do (
-    call :csv %%a "%fsbench% --rdwr-nc=%%a rdwr_nc_*"
+    call :csv %%a "%fsbench% --empty-cache --rdwr-nc=%%a rdwr_nc_*"
 )
 
 set OptMmap=100 200 300 400 500
 if X%2==Xbaseline set OptMmap=1000
 for %%a in (%OptMmap%) do (
-    call :csv %%a "%fsbench% --mmap=%%a mmap_*"
+    call :csv %%a "%fsbench% --empty-cache --mmap=%%a mmap_*"
 )
 
 popd
diff --git a/tst/fsbench/fsbench.c b/tst/fsbench/fsbench.c
index 229b80d7..1ac04b12 100644
--- a/tst/fsbench/fsbench.c
+++ b/tst/fsbench/fsbench.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <strsafe.h>
 #include <tlib/testsuite.h>
 
+static BOOLEAN OptEmptyCache = FALSE;
 static ULONG OptFileCount = 1000;
 static ULONG OptListCount = 100;
 static ULONG OptRdwrFileSize = 4096 * 1024;
@@ -398,6 +399,64 @@ static void mmap_tests(void)
     TEST(mmap_read_test);
 }
 
+static void EmptyCache(const char *name, void (*fn)(void), int v)
+{
+    NTSYSCALLAPI NTSTATUS NTAPI
+    NtSetSystemInformation(
+        ULONG SystemInformationClass,
+        PVOID SystemInformation,
+        ULONG SystemInformationLength);
+
+    if (+1 == v) /* setup */
+    {
+        /* flush the file system cache (requires SE_INCREASE_QUOTA_NAME) */
+        ASSERT(SetSystemFileCacheSize((SIZE_T)-1, (SIZE_T)-1, 0));
+
+        /* flush/purge the standby list (requires SE_PROF_SINGLE_PROCESS_NAME) */
+        ULONG Command;
+        Command = 3 /*MemoryFlushModifiedList*/;
+        ASSERT(0 == NtSetSystemInformation(80 /*SystemMemoryListInformation*/, &Command, sizeof Command));
+        Command = 4 /*MemoryPurgeStandbyList*/;
+        ASSERT(0 == NtSetSystemInformation(80 /*SystemMemoryListInformation*/, &Command, sizeof Command));
+    }
+    else
+    if (-1 == v) /* teardown */
+    {
+    }
+}
+static DWORD EnablePrivilegesForEmptyCache(VOID)
+{
+    union
+    {
+        TOKEN_PRIVILEGES P;
+        UINT8 B[sizeof(TOKEN_PRIVILEGES) + sizeof(LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES)];
+    } Privileges;
+    HANDLE Token;
+
+    Privileges.P.PrivilegeCount = 2;
+    Privileges.P.Privileges[0].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
+    Privileges.P.Privileges[1].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
+
+    if (!LookupPrivilegeValueW(0, SE_PROF_SINGLE_PROCESS_NAME, &Privileges.P.Privileges[0].Luid) ||
+        !LookupPrivilegeValueW(0, SE_INCREASE_QUOTA_NAME, &Privileges.P.Privileges[1].Luid))
+        return GetLastError();
+
+    if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES, &Token))
+        return GetLastError();
+
+    if (!AdjustTokenPrivileges(Token, FALSE, &Privileges.P, 0, 0, 0) ||
+        ERROR_NOT_ALL_ASSIGNED == GetLastError())
+    {
+        CloseHandle(Token);
+
+        return GetLastError();
+    }
+
+    CloseHandle(Token);
+
+    return ERROR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 #define rmarg(argv, argc, argi)         \
     argc--,                             \
     memmove(argv + argi, argv + argi + 1, (argc - argi) * sizeof(char *)),\
@@ -414,7 +473,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         const char *a = argv[argi];
         if ('-' == a[0])
         {
-            if (0 == strncmp("--files=", a, sizeof "--files=" - 1))
+            if (0 == strcmp("--empty-cache", a))
+            {
+                OptEmptyCache = TRUE;
+                rmarg(argv, argc, argi);
+            }
+            else if (0 == strncmp("--files=", a, sizeof "--files=" - 1))
             {
                 OptFileCount = strtoul(a + sizeof "--files=" - 1, 0, 10);
                 rmarg(argv, argc, argi);
@@ -442,6 +506,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
+    if (OptEmptyCache)
+    {
+        if (0 != EnablePrivilegesForEmptyCache())
+        {
+            tlib_printf("ABORT: cannot enable privileges required for empty cache\n");
+            abort();
+        }
+        TESTHOOK(EmptyCache);
+    }
+
     tlib_run_tests(argc, argv);
     return 0;
 }