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+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+
+// Minimal test for zlib benchmarks. This makes sure the benchmarks aren't
+// horribly broken but nothing more than that.
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fork = require('child_process').fork;
+const path = require('path');
+
+const runjs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'benchmark', 'run.js');
+const argv = ['--set', 'method=deflate',
+              '--set', 'n=1',
+              '--set', 'options=true',
+              '--set', 'type=Deflate',
+              'zlib'];
+
+const child = fork(runjs, argv);
+child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(signal, null);
+});