diff --git a/benchmarks/unistd_benchmark.cpp b/benchmarks/unistd_benchmark.cpp
index d697dfd..f0a3089 100644
--- a/benchmarks/unistd_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/unistd_benchmark.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,16 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <string>
+
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 #include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
 #include "util.h"
 
@@ -28,3 +35,35 @@
 BIONIC_TRIVIAL_BENCHMARK(BM_unistd_gettid, gettid());
 #endif
 BIONIC_TRIVIAL_BENCHMARK(BM_unistd_gettid_syscall, syscall(__NR_gettid));
+
+// Many native allocators have custom prefork and postfork functions.
+// Measure the fork call to make sure nothing takes too long.
+void BM_unistd_fork_call(benchmark::State& state) {
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    pid_t pid;
+    if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
+      // Sleep for a little while so that the parent is not interrupted
+      // right away when the process exits.
+      usleep(100);
+      _exit(1);
+    }
+    state.PauseTiming();
+    if (pid == -1) {
+      std::string err = android::base::StringPrintf("Fork failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+      state.SkipWithError(err.c_str());
+    }
+    pid_t wait_pid = waitpid(pid, 0, 0);
+    if (wait_pid != pid) {
+      if (wait_pid == -1) {
+        std::string err = android::base::StringPrintf("waitpid call failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+        state.SkipWithError(err.c_str());
+      } else {
+        std::string err = android::base::StringPrintf(
+            "waitpid return an unknown pid, expected %d, actual %d", pid, wait_pid);
+        state.SkipWithError(err.c_str());
+      }
+    }
+    state.ResumeTiming();
+  }
+}
+BIONIC_BENCHMARK(BM_unistd_fork_call);