diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/performance_runner.py b/djangoldp/tests/performance_runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e02192e32d1a6447f82467d690c6e0960103ab39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/performance_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import sys
+
+import django
+from djangoldp.tests import settings_default
+from django.conf import settings
+
+# configure settings not to use pagination
+settings.configure(default_settings=settings_default,
+                   REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+                       'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': None
+                   })
+
+django.setup()
+from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
+
+test_runner = DiscoverRunner(verbosity=1)
+
+failures = test_runner.run_tests([
+    'djangoldp.tests.tests_performance',
+])
+if failures:
+    sys.exit(failures)
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/runner.py b/djangoldp/tests/runner.py
index 32f99f731b8b8e326382770e7508ca6fb85d5079..af89c6b874dac8a703ed4fcb1ea802455b4c0e23 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/runner.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/runner.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ failures = test_runner.run_tests([
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_pagination',
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_inbox',
     'djangoldp.tests.tests_backlinks_service',
-    # 'djangoldp.tests.tests_temp'
+    #'djangoldp.tests.tests_temp'
 ])
 if failures:
     sys.exit(failures)