diff --git a/pageserver/src/bin/psbench.rs b/pageserver/src/bin/psbench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bc80caccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/src/bin/psbench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+//! Pageserver benchmark tool
+//!
+//! Usually it's easier to write python perf tests, but here the performance
+//! of the tester matters, and the API is easier to work with from rust.
+use std::{io::{BufRead, BufReader, Cursor}, net::SocketAddr};
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
+use clap::{App, Arg};
+use std::fs::File;
+use zenith_utils::{GIT_VERSION, pq_proto::{BeMessage, BeParameterStatusMessage, FeMessage}};
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+pub fn read_lines_buffered(file_name: &str) -> impl Iterator<Item = String> {
+    BufReader::new(File::open(file_name).unwrap())
+        .lines()
+        .map(|result| result.unwrap())
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+
+    // TODO do I need connection string to pageserver?
+
+    let arg_matches = App::new("LALALA")
+        .about("lalala")
+        .version(GIT_VERSION)
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("path")
+                .help("Path to file to dump")
+                .required(true)
+                .index(1),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("ps_connstr")
+                .help("Connection string to pageserver")
+                .required(true)
+                .index(2),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("tenant_hex")
+                .help("TODO")
+                .required(true)
+                .index(3),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("timeline")
+                .help("TODO")
+                .required(true)
+                .index(4),
+        )
+        .get_matches();
+
+    let log_file = arg_matches.value_of("path").unwrap();
+    let ps_connstr = arg_matches.value_of("ps_connstr").unwrap();
+    let tenant_hex = arg_matches.value_of("tenant_hex").unwrap();
+    let timeline = arg_matches.value_of("timeline").unwrap();
+
+    let lsn_page_pairs: Vec<_> = read_lines_buffered(log_file)
+        .filter_map(|line| line.strip_prefix("wal-at-lsn-modified-page ").map(|x| x.to_string()))
+        .map(|rest| {
+            let (lsn, page) = rest.split_once(" ").unwrap();
+            let lsn = hex::decode(lsn).unwrap();
+            if lsn.len() != 8 {
+                panic!("AAA")
+            }
+            let page = hex::decode(page).unwrap();
+            if page.len() != 17 {
+                panic!("AAA")
+            }
+            (lsn, page)
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    let (some_lsn, some_page) = lsn_page_pairs[0].clone();
+
+    let mut socket = tokio::net::TcpStream::connect("localhost:15000").await?;
+    println!("AYY got socket");
+    let (client, conn) = tokio_postgres::Config::new()
+        .host("127.0.0.1")
+        .port(15000)
+        .dbname("postgres")
+        .user("zenith_admin")
+        .connect_raw(&mut socket, tokio_postgres::NoTls)
+        .await?;
+
+    let query = format!("pagestream {} {}", tenant_hex, timeline);
+    tokio::select! {
+        _ = conn => panic!("AAAA"),
+        _ = client.query(query.as_str(), &[]) => (),
+    };
+
+    println!("AYYYYYYYYYYYY");
+
+    let msg = {
+        let query = {
+            use bytes::buf::BufMut;
+            let mut query = BytesMut::new();
+            query.put_u8(2);  // Specifies get_page query
+            query.put_u8(0);  // Specifies this is not a "latest page" query
+            for byte in some_lsn {
+                query.put_u8(byte);
+            }
+            for byte in some_page {
+                query.put_u8(byte);
+            }
+            query.freeze()
+        };
+
+        let mut buf = BytesMut::new();
+        let copy_msg = BeMessage::CopyData(&query);
+        BeMessage::write(&mut buf, &copy_msg)?;
+        buf.freeze()
+    };
+
+    use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+    socket.write(&msg).await?;
+
+    let response = match FeMessage::read_fut(&mut socket).await? {
+        Some(FeMessage::CopyData(page)) => page,
+        _ => panic!("AAAAA"),
+    };
+
+    let page = {
+        let mut cursor = Cursor::new(response);
+        let tag = cursor.read_u8().await?;
+        if tag != 102 {
+            panic!("AA");
+        }
+
+        let mut page = Vec::<u8>::new();
+        cursor.read_to_end(&mut page).await?;
+        dbg!(page.len());
+        if page.len() != 8 * 1024 {
+            panic!("AA");
+        }
+
+        page
+    };
+
+    print!("yay done");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/src/walingest.rs b/pageserver/src/walingest.rs
index 1962c9bbd3..47a326db56 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/walingest.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walingest.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 //! redo Postgres process, but some records it can handle directly with
 //! bespoken Rust code.
 
+use chrono::format::format;
 use postgres_ffi::nonrelfile_utils::clogpage_precedes;
 use postgres_ffi::nonrelfile_utils::slru_may_delete_clogsegment;
 use std::cmp::min;
@@ -270,6 +271,25 @@ impl WalIngest {
         // Iterate through all the blocks that the record modifies, and
         // "put" a separate copy of the record for each block.
         for blk in decoded.blocks.iter() {
+
+            let lsn_hex = {
+                use bytes::BufMut;
+                let mut bytes = BytesMut::new();
+                bytes.put_u64(lsn.0);
+                hex::encode(bytes.freeze())
+            };
+            let page_hex = {
+                use bytes::BufMut;
+                let mut page = BytesMut::new();
+                page.put_u32(blk.rnode_spcnode);
+                page.put_u32(blk.rnode_dbnode);
+                page.put_u32(blk.rnode_relnode);
+                page.put_u8(blk.forknum);
+                page.put_u32(blk.blkno);
+                hex::encode(page.freeze())
+            };
+            println!("wal-at-lsn-modified-page {} {}", lsn_hex, page_hex);
+
             self.ingest_decoded_block(timeline, lsn, &decoded, blk)?;
         }
 
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/zenith_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/zenith_fixtures.py
index ec570a7dac..3c14ee6031 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/zenith_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/zenith_fixtures.py
@@ -613,6 +613,15 @@ class ZenithEnv:
         """ Get list of safekeeper endpoints suitable for wal_acceptors GUC  """
         return ','.join([f'localhost:{wa.port.pg}' for wa in self.safekeepers])
 
+    def run_psbench(self, timeline):
+        ps_log_filename = os.path.join(self.repo_dir, "pageserver.log")
+        ps_connstr = self.pageserver.connstr()
+        psbench_binpath = os.path.join(str(zenith_binpath), 'psbench')
+        tenant_hex = self.initial_tenant.hex
+        print("AAAAAAAA", ps_connstr)
+        args = [psbench_binpath, ps_log_filename, ps_connstr, tenant_hex, timeline]
+        subprocess.run(args)
+
     @cached_property
     def auth_keys(self) -> AuthKeys:
         pub = (Path(self.repo_dir) / 'auth_public_key.pem').read_bytes()
diff --git a/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver.py b/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35c5d12090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+from contextlib import closing
+from fixtures.zenith_fixtures import ZenithEnv
+from fixtures.benchmark_fixture import MetricReport, ZenithBenchmarker
+
+def _get_page():
+    # u8 tag: 2, big endian
+    # u8 latest
+    # u64 lsn
+    # reltag:
+    #   u32 spcnode
+    #   u32 dbnode
+    #   u32 relnode
+    #   u8 forknum
+    # u32 blkno
+    pass
+
+
+def test_get_page(zenith_simple_env: ZenithEnv, zenbenchmark: ZenithBenchmarker):
+    env = zenith_simple_env
+    # Create a branch for us
+    env.zenith_cli.create_branch("test_pageserver", "empty")
+    pg = env.postgres.create_start('test_pageserver')
+    tenant_hex = env.initial_tenant.hex
+    timeline = pg.safe_psql("SHOW zenith.zenith_timeline")[0][0]
+
+    with closing(pg.connect()) as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute('create table t (i integer);')
+            cur.execute('insert into t values (generate_series(1,3));')
+
+            cur.execute("select * from t;")
+            res = cur.fetchall()
+
+            cur.execute("select pg_relation_filepath('t');")
+            res = cur.fetchall()
+            print(res)
+
+    env.run_psbench(timeline)
+    return
+
+    import os
+    ps_log_filename = os.path.join(env.repo_dir, "pageserver.log")
+    with open(ps_log_filename) as log_file:
+        log = log_file.readlines()
+
+    ps_connstr = env.pageserver.connstr()
+
+
+
+    latest_write = None
+    for line in log:
+        if line.startswith("wal-at-lsn-modified-page "):
+            tokens = line.split()
+            lsn_hex = tokens[1]
+            page_hex = tokens[2]
+            latest_write = (lsn_hex, page_hex)
+
+    with closing(env.pageserver.connect()) as psconn:
+        with psconn.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute(f"pagestream {tenant_hex} {timeline}")
+        with psconn.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute(f"select 1;")
+
+            # res = cur.fetchall()
+            # print(res)
+    # TODO send query to pageserver, see what is logged
+
+    # TODO send queries on these pages
+    # 1. Craft binary message
+    # 2. Send as postgres query
+
+    # TODO maybe make rust program for this side of the protocol?