diff --git a/helpers/url_test.go b/helpers/url_test.go
index 6d496ce8ef6..716719522d0 100644
--- a/helpers/url_test.go
+++ b/helpers/url_test.go
@@ -276,3 +276,13 @@ func BenchmarkRelURL(b *testing.B) {
 		_ = p.RelURL("https://base/foo/bar", false)
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkAbsURL(b *testing.B) {
+	v := config.New()
+	v.Set("baseURL", "http://base/")
+	p := newTestPathSpecFromCfgAndLang(v, "")
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = p.AbsURL("foo/bar", false)
+	}
+}