diff --git a/src/bench_internal.c b/src/bench_internal.c
index f3c1be987f..6f453681d1 100644
--- a/src/bench_internal.c
+++ b/src/bench_internal.c
@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ static void bench_field_normalize(void* arg, int iters) {
     }
 }
 
+static void bench_field_normalize_var(void* arg, int iters) {
+    int i;
+    bench_inv *data = (bench_inv*)arg;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < iters; i++) {
+        secp256k1_fe_normalize_var(&data->fe[0]);
+    }
+}
+
 static void bench_field_normalize_weak(void* arg, int iters) {
     int i;
     bench_inv *data = (bench_inv*)arg;
@@ -421,6 +430,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     if (d || have_flag(argc, argv, "field") || have_flag(argc, argv, "half")) run_benchmark("field_half", bench_field_half, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, iters*100);
     if (d || have_flag(argc, argv, "field") || have_flag(argc, argv, "normalize")) run_benchmark("field_normalize", bench_field_normalize, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, iters*100);
+    if (d || have_flag(argc, argv, "field") || have_flag(argc, argv, "normalize")) run_benchmark("field_normalize_var", bench_field_normalize_var, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, iters*100);
     if (d || have_flag(argc, argv, "field") || have_flag(argc, argv, "normalize")) run_benchmark("field_normalize_weak", bench_field_normalize_weak, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, iters*100);
     if (d || have_flag(argc, argv, "field") || have_flag(argc, argv, "sqr")) run_benchmark("field_sqr", bench_field_sqr, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, iters*10);
     if (d || have_flag(argc, argv, "field") || have_flag(argc, argv, "mul")) run_benchmark("field_mul", bench_field_mul, bench_setup, NULL, &data, 10, iters*10);