diff --git a/scripts/ci/run-ci-tests.sh b/scripts/ci/run-ci-tests.sh
index 262326047..65996e3ff 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/run-ci-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/run-ci-tests.sh
@@ -349,6 +349,15 @@ run_non_shardable_tests() {
 		echo "Skipping memory compression ZDTM tests"
 	fi
 
+	# Run a small checksum-verified compression benchmark. The full benchmark
+	# remains available under contrib/compression-benchmark for performance
+	# runs; this CI wrapper avoids dropping the host page cache.
+	if criu/criu check --feature compress; then
+		make -C test/others/compression/benchmark run
+	else
+		echo "Skipping compression benchmark test"
+	fi
+
 	if criu/criu check --feature compress; then
 		# Hugetlb mappings are not premapped. Their blocks must remain
 		# self-contained raw/zero fallbacks for PIE restore.
diff --git a/test/others/compression/benchmark/Makefile b/test/others/compression/benchmark/Makefile
index c27c9256b..c753f06d7 100644
--- a/test/others/compression/benchmark/Makefile
+++ b/test/others/compression/benchmark/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 unit:
 	python3 ./test_config.py
-.PHONY: unit
+
+run: unit
+	./run.sh
+.PHONY: run unit
diff --git a/test/others/compression/benchmark/run.sh b/test/others/compression/benchmark/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fbe8be265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/others/compression/benchmark/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+root=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")/../../../.." && pwd)
+
+if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "compression/benchmark: must run as root" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# main.py reads CRIU's generated statistics protobufs through pycriu.
+make -C "$root" lib
+
+timeout --foreground --kill-after=30s 300s \
+	python3 "$root/contrib/compression-benchmark/main.py" \
+	--criu "$root/criu/criu" \
+	--iterations 1 \
+	--size 256 \
+	--data-pattern zero mixed random text elf \
+	--modes uncompressed lz4-page lz4-region \
+	--region-sizes 65536 \
+	--decompress-threads 4 \
+	--no-drop-caches \
+	--no-progress-bar