diff --git a/t/perf/p5516-push-delete-refspec.sh b/t/perf/p5516-push-delete-refspec.sh
index 0e425193e5..a1e3f74bf7 100755
--- a/t/perf/p5516-push-delete-refspec.sh
+++ b/t/perf/p5516-push-delete-refspec.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Measure client-side matching of explicit delete refspecs with "git push
 --dry-run" against a server that advertises lots of refs.  An empty client
 (no local refs) and a mirror client (full local copy of the server refs)
 are tested pushing 1, 10, and 100 refspecs each.
+
+A second set of rows measures one --force-with-lease per refspec for
+timing those paths.
 '
 . ./perf-lib.sh
 
@@ -24,6 +27,8 @@ test_expect_success 'create server with many refs and two clients' '
 	git -C client_mirror config --unset remote.origin.mirror
 '
 
+oid=$(git -C server rev-parse HEAD)
+
 for mode in empty mirror
 do
 	client=client_$mode
@@ -39,4 +44,24 @@ do
 	done
 done
 
+for mode in empty mirror
+do
+	client=client_$mode
+	for nr_refspecs in 1 10 100
+	do
+		test_expect_success "create $mode lease refspecs: $nr_refspecs" '
+			test_seq -f ":refs/heads/b%d" $nr_refspecs >refspecs
+		'
+
+		test_expect_success "create $mode leases: $nr_refspecs" '
+			test_seq -f "refs/heads/b%d:'"$oid"'" $nr_refspecs |
+			sed "s/^/--force-with-lease=/" >leases
+		'
+
+		test_perf "$mode:lease:$nr_refspecs" '
+			git -C '"$client"' push --dry-run origin $(cat refspecs) $(cat leases)
+		'
+	done
+done
+
 test_done