diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.benchmarks/src/org/eclipse/jgit/benchmarks/LookupFileStoreBenchmark.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.benchmarks/src/org/eclipse/jgit/benchmarks/LookupFileStoreBenchmark.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019, Matthias Sohn <matthias.sohn@sap.com>
+ * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available
+ * under the terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which
+ * accompanies this distribution, is reproduced below, and is
+ * available at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+ * without modification, are permitted provided that the following
+ * conditions are met:
+ *
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+ *
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+ *   with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Eclipse Foundation, Inc. nor the
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+ */
+package org.eclipse.jgit.benchmarks;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.FileStore;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.TearDown;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.profile.StackProfiler;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.RunnerException;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.OptionsBuilder;
+
+@State(Scope.Thread)
+public class LookupFileStoreBenchmark {
+
+	Path path;
+
+	@Setup
+	public void setupBenchmark() throws IOException {
+		path = Files.createTempFile("test", "x");
+	}
+
+	@TearDown
+	public void teardown() throws IOException {
+		FileUtils.delete(path.toFile(), FileUtils.RETRY);
+	}
+
+	@Benchmark
+	@BenchmarkMode({ Mode.AverageTime })
+	@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+	public FileStore testLookupFileStore() throws IOException {
+		FileStore fs = Files.getFileStore(path);
+		return fs;
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws RunnerException {
+		Options opt = new OptionsBuilder()
+				.include(LookupFileStoreBenchmark.class.getSimpleName())
+				.addProfiler(StackProfiler.class)
+				// .addProfiler(GCProfiler.class)
+				.forks(1).jvmArgs("-ea").build();
+		new Runner(opt).run();
+	}
+}