diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index 4057f620a0..0329e077e7 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -724,13 +724,10 @@ class NeonEnv:
         self.initial_tenant = config.initial_tenant
         self.initial_timeline = config.initial_timeline
 
+        self.control_plane_api = None
+        self.attachment_service = None
         if config.enable_generations:
-            attachment_service_port = self.port_distributor.get_port()
-            self.control_plane_api: Optional[str] = f"http://127.0.0.1:{attachment_service_port}"
-            self.attachment_service: Optional[NeonAttachmentService] = NeonAttachmentService(self)
-        else:
-            self.control_plane_api = None
-            self.attachment_service = None
+            self.enable_generations()
 
         # Create a config file corresponding to the options
         toml = textwrap.dedent(
@@ -819,6 +816,18 @@ class NeonEnv:
         log.info(f"Config: {toml}")
         self.neon_cli.init(toml)
 
+    def enable_generations(self, start=False):
+        if not start:
+            # TODO: assert that we haven't `self.start()`ed yet
+            pass
+        assert self.control_plane_api == None
+        assert self.attachment_service == None
+        attachment_service_port = self.port_distributor.get_port()
+        self.control_plane_api: Optional[str] = f"http://127.0.0.1:{attachment_service_port}"
+        self.attachment_service: Optional[NeonAttachmentService] = NeonAttachmentService(self)
+        if start:
+            self.attachment_service.start()
+
     def start(self):
         # Start up broker, pageserver and all safekeepers
         self.broker.try_start()
diff --git a/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver.py b/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..630ef4711b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+from fixtures.compare_fixtures import NeonCompare
+from fixtures.remote_storage import LocalFsStorage
+from fixtures.neon_fixtures import last_flush_lsn_upload
+from fixtures.pageserver.utils import wait_until_tenant_active
+from fixtures.types import TenantId
+from fixtures.log_helper import log
+
+def test_getpage_throughput(neon_compare: NeonCompare):
+    env = neon_compare.env
+
+    import pdb
+    pdb.set_trace()
+
+    remote_storage = env.pageserver_remote_storage
+    assert isinstance(remote_storage, LocalFsStorage)
+
+    ps_http = env.pageserver.http_client()
+
+    # clean up initial tenant
+    ps_http.tenant_detach(env.initial_tenant)
+
+    # create our template tenant
+    tenant_config = {
+        "gc_period" : '0s',
+        "checkpoint_timeout" : '3650 day',
+        "compaction_period" : '20 s',
+        "compaction_threshold" : "10",
+        "compaction_target_size" : "134217728",
+        "checkpoint_distance" : "268435456",
+        "image_creation_threshold" : "3",
+    }
+    template_tenant, template_timeline = env.neon_cli.create_tenant(conf=tenant_config)
+    with env.endpoints.create_start("main", tenant_id=template_tenant) as ep:
+        neon_compare.pg_bin.run_capture(["pgbench", "-i", "-s50", ep.connstr()])
+        last_flush_lsn_upload(env, ep, template_tenant, template_timeline)
+    template_tenant_gen = ps_http.tenant_status(template_tenant)["generation"]
+    ps_http.tenant_detach(template_tenant)
+
+    # stop PS just for good measure
+    env.pageserver.stop()
+
+    # duplicate the tenant in remote stora
+    src_timelines_dir: Path = remote_storage.tenant_path(template_tenant) / "timelines"
+    assert src_timelines_dir.is_dir(), f"{src_timelines_dir} is not a directory"
+
+    tenants = [template_tenant]
+
+    for i in range(0, 10):
+        new_tenant = TenantId.generate()
+        tenants.append(new_tenant)
+        log.info("Duplicating tenant #%s: %s", i, new_tenant)
+
+
+        dst_timelines_dir: Path = remote_storage.tenant_path(new_tenant) / "timelines"
+        dst_timelines_dir.parent.mkdir(parents=False, exist_ok=False)
+        dst_timelines_dir.mkdir(parents=False, exist_ok=False)
+
+        for tl in src_timelines_dir.iterdir():
+            src_tl_dir = src_timelines_dir / tl.name
+            assert src_tl_dir.is_dir(), f"{src_tl_dir} is not a directory"
+            dst_tl_dir = dst_timelines_dir / tl.name
+            dst_tl_dir.mkdir(parents=False, exist_ok=False)
+            for file in tl.iterdir():
+                shutil.copy2(file, dst_tl_dir)
+                if "__" in file.name:
+                    cmd = [
+                        env.neon_binpath / "pagectl",  # TODO: abstract this like the other binaries
+                        "layer",
+                        "rewrite-summary",
+                        str(dst_tl_dir / file.name),
+                        "--new-tenant-id",
+                        str(new_tenant),
+                    ]
+                    subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+                else:
+                    # index_part etc need no patching
+                    pass
+
+    env.pageserver.start()
+    assert ps_http.tenant_list() == []
+    for tenant in tenants:
+        ps_http.tenant_attach(tenant, generation=template_tenant_gen+1, config=tenant_config)
+    for tenant in tenants:
+        wait_until_tenant_active(ps_http, tenant)
+
+    # ensure all layers are resident for predictiable performance
+    # TODO: ensure all kinds of eviction are disabled (per-tenant, disk-usage-based)
+    for tenant in tenants:
+        ps_http.download_all_layers(tenant, template_timeline)
+
+    # run the benchmark
+    cmd = [
+        env.neon_binpath / "getpage_bench_libpq",
+        "--mgmt-api-endpoint", ps_http.base_url,
+        "--page-service-connstring", env.pageserver.connstr(password=None),
+        "--num-tasks", "1",
+        "--num-requests", "100000",
+        *tenants,
+    ]
+    basepath = neon_compare.pg_bin.run_capture(cmd)
+    log.info("Benchmark results: %s", basepath + ".stdout")