diff --git a/recipes/tests/benchmarks/recipe.toml b/recipes/tests/benchmarks/recipe.toml
index 17e61352..6bd59dba 100644
--- a/recipes/tests/benchmarks/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tests/benchmarks/recipe.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ script = """
 mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/share/benchmarks
 cp -rv "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"/* "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/share/benchmarks
 """
+
+[package]
+dependencies = [
+    "iperf3"
+]
diff --git a/recipes/tests/iperf3/recipe.toml b/recipes/tests/iperf3/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d126ce35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/tests/iperf3/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.20.tar.gz"
+
+[build]
+template = "configure"