diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 497c429a9..1f953968d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 project(fastfetch)
 
+option(BUILD_TESTS "Build test programs" OFF)
+
 execute_process(
     COMMAND git rev-list --count HEAD
     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
@@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ execute_process(
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "r${GIT_REV_LIST}.${GIT_REV_PARSE}")
 
-# set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall -march=native -O3 -pipe -fno-plt") # for testing
+if(BUILD_TESTS)
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall -march=native -O3 -pipe -fno-plt")
+endif(BUILD_TESTS)
 
 configure_file(src/fastfetch_config.h.in fastfetch_config.h)
 
@@ -76,4 +80,15 @@ target_compile_definitions(flashfetch PUBLIC
 
 target_link_libraries(flashfetch
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+if(BUILD_TESTS)
+    add_executable(fastfetch-test-performance
+        tests/performance.c
+        ${SRCS}
+    )
+
+    target_link_libraries(fastfetch-test-performance
+        ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+    )
+endif(BUILD_TESTS)
diff --git a/tests/performance.c b/tests/performance.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6dbf4e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/performance.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#include "fastfetch.h"
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+#define FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(func) \
+    { \
+        struct timespec start, end; \
+        clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &start); \
+        func; \
+        clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &end); \
+        long nanos = end.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec; \
+        printf("\033[F"); \
+        for(uint8_t i = 0; i < 110; i++) printf("\033[C"); \
+        printf("%08ldns\n", nanos); \
+    } \
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    FFinstance instance;
+    
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(
+        puts("Initialization");
+        ffInitState(&instance.state);
+        ffDefaultConfig(&instance.config);
+    )
+
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(
+        puts("Configuration");
+        ffLoadLogoSet(&instance.config, "arch");
+        strcpy(instance.config.color, instance.config.logo.color);
+    )
+
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintTitle(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintSeperator(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintOS(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintHost(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintKernel(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintUptime(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintPackages(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintShell(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintResolution(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintDesktopEnvironment(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintWM(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintTheme(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintIcons(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintFont(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintTerminal(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintCPU(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintGPU(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintMemory(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintDisk(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintBattery(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintLocale(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintBreak(&instance))
+    FASTFETCH_TEST_PERFORMANCE(ffPrintColors(&instance))
+
+    return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/performance.sh b/tests/performance.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..365b01657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/performance.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+rm -rf tests/build/
+mkdir -p tests/build/
+cd tests/build/
+cmake ../.. -DBUILD_TESTS=ON
+cmake --build . --target fastfetch-test-performance
+./fastfetch-test-performance "$@"