diff --git a/test/core_benchmarks/config.fmpp b/test/core_benchmarks/config.fmpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62a3641e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core_benchmarks/config.fmpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+sourceRoot: ../../tools/ftl/processors/unittest
+outputRoot: source
+dataRoot: .
+
+freemarkerLinks: {
+    ftllibs: ../../tools/ftl/libs
+}
+
+data : {
+  xml:xml (
+    configuration.xml
+    {
+    }
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/core_benchmarks/configuration.xml b/test/core_benchmarks/configuration.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6c6e1a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core_benchmarks/configuration.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<SPC5-Config version="1.0.0">
+  <application name="ChibiOS/NIL Test Suite" version="1.0.0" standalone="true" locked="false">
+    <description>Test Specification for ChibiOS/NIL.</description>
+    <component id="org.chibios.spc5.components.portable.generic_startup">
+      <component id="org.chibios.spc5.components.portable.chibios_unitary_tests_engine" />
+    </component>
+    <instances>
+      <instance locked="false" id="org.chibios.spc5.components.portable.generic_startup" />
+      <instance locked="false" id="org.chibios.spc5.components.portable.chibios_unitary_tests_engine">
+        <description>
+          <brief>
+            <value>ChibiOS/NIL Test Suite.</value>
+          </brief>
+          <copyright>
+            <value><![CDATA[/*
+    ChibiOS - Copyright (C) 2006..2018 Giovanni Di Sirio
+
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+*/]]></value>
+          </copyright>
+          <introduction>
+            <value>Test suite for core benchmarks. The purpose of this suite is to perform general benchmarks in order to assess performance of cores and/or compilers.</value>
+          </introduction>
+        </description>
+        <global_data_and_code>
+          <code_prefix>
+            <value>corebmk</value>
+          </code_prefix>
+          <global_definitions>
+            <value><![CDATA[
+/**/
+]]></value>
+          </global_definitions>
+          <global_code>
+            <value><![CDATA[
+/**/
+]]></value>
+          </global_code>
+        </global_data_and_code>
+        <sequences>
+          <sequence>
+            <type index="0">
+              <value>Internal Tests</value>
+            </type>
+            <brief>
+              <value>Information.</value>
+            </brief>
+            <description>
+              <value>This sequence reports configuration and version information about execution environment.</value>
+            </description>
+            <condition>
+              <value />
+            </condition>
+            <shared_code>
+              <value><![CDATA[
+#include "ch.h"
+]]></value>
+            </shared_code>
+            <cases>
+              <case>
+                <brief>
+                  <value>Environment Info.</value>
+                </brief>
+                <description>
+                  <value>Environment-related info are reported.</value>
+                </description>
+                <condition>
+                  <value />
+                </condition>
+                <various_code>
+                  <setup_code>
+                    <value />
+                  </setup_code>
+                  <teardown_code>
+                    <value />
+                  </teardown_code>
+                  <local_variables>
+                    <value />
+                  </local_variables>
+                </various_code>
+                <steps>
+                  <step>
+                    <description>
+                      <value>Architecture and Compiler information.</value>
+                    </description>
+                    <tags>
+                      <value />
+                    </tags>
+                    <code>
+                      <value><![CDATA[
+#if defined(PORT_ARCHITECTURE_NAME)
+test_print("--- Architecture:                       ");
+test_println(PORT_ARCHITECTURE_NAME);
+#endif
+#if defined(PORT_CORE_VARIANT_NAME)
+test_print("--- Core Variant:                       ");
+test_println(PORT_CORE_VARIANT_NAME);
+#endif
+#if defined(PORT_COMPILER_NAME)
+test_print("--- Compiler:                           ");
+test_println(PORT_COMPILER_NAME);
+#endif
+#if defined(PORT_INFO)
+test_print("--- Port Info:                          ");
+test_println(PORT_INFO);
+#endif
+#if defined(PORT_NATURAL_ALIGN)
+test_print("--- Natural alignment:                  ");
+test_printn(PORT_NATURAL_ALIGN);
+test_println("");
+#endif
+#if defined(PORT_STACK_ALIGN)
+test_print("--- Stack alignment:                    ");
+test_printn(PORT_STACK_ALIGN);
+test_println("");
+#endif
+#if defined(PORT_WORKING_AREA_ALIGN)
+test_print("--- Working area alignment:             ");
+test_printn(PORT_WORKING_AREA_ALIGN);
+test_println("");
+#endif
+]]></value>
+                    </code>
+                  </step>
+                </steps>
+              </case>
+            </cases>
+          </sequence>
+        </sequences>
+      </instance>
+    </instances>
+    <exportedFeatures />
+  </application>
+</SPC5-Config>
diff --git a/test/core_benchmarks/corebmk_test.mk b/test/core_benchmarks/corebmk_test.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74bd60779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core_benchmarks/corebmk_test.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# List of all the core benchmarks test files.
+TESTSRC += ${CHIBIOS}/test/core_benchmarks/source/test/corebmk_test_root.c \
+           ${CHIBIOS}/test/core_benchmarks/source/test/corebmk_test_sequence_001.c
+
+# Required include directories
+TESTINC += ${CHIBIOS}/test/test/source/test