diff --git a/benchtests/Makefile b/benchtests/Makefile
index bcd6a9c26d..318365fcad 100644
--- a/benchtests/Makefile
+++ b/benchtests/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ string-benchset := bcopy bzero memccpy memchr memcmp memcpy memmem memmove \
 		   strncasecmp strncat strncmp strncpy strnlen strpbrk strrchr \
 		   strspn strstr strcpy_chk stpcpy_chk memrchr strsep strtok \
 		   strcoll memcpy-large memcpy-random memmove-large memset-large \
-		   memcpy-walk memset-walk memmove-walk
+		   memcpy-walk memset-walk memmove-walk strlen-struct
 
 # Build and run locale-dependent benchmarks only if we're building natively.
 ifeq (no,$(cross-compiling))
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-string.h b/benchtests/bench-string.h
index f8389982e9..c4c780f40c 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-string.h
+++ b/benchtests/bench-string.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
 
 /* We are compiled under _ISOMAC, so libc-symbols.h does not do this
    for us.  */
@@ -252,4 +253,67 @@ test_init (void)
     }
 }
 
+
+/* String function testing on strings inside linked structures.  */
+# ifdef LINKED_STRINGS
+
+struct linked_strings
+{
+  char *str;
+  int dummy[16];
+  struct linked_strings *next;
+};
+
+
+static struct linked_strings *
+alloc_elem (size_t len)
+{
+  struct linked_strings *e = malloc (sizeof (struct linked_strings));
+
+  if (e == NULL)
+    error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "struct alloc: malloc failed");
+
+  e->str = malloc (len + 1);
+  if (e->str == NULL)
+    error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "struct alloc: malloc failed");
+
+  memset (e->str, 'a', len);
+  e->str[len] = '\0';
+  e->next = NULL;
+
+  return e;
+}
+
+static struct linked_strings *
+alloc_strings (size_t len, size_t num_elem)
+{
+  /* Fix the mmap threshold so that we (1) don't end up influencing allocations
+     of later iterations and (2) we test performance on mmapped regions.  */
+  mallopt (M_MMAP_THRESHOLD, 8 * 1024);
+
+  struct linked_strings *head = alloc_elem (len);
+  struct linked_strings *list = head;
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < num_elem; i++)
+    {
+      list->next = alloc_elem (len);
+      list = list->next;
+    }
+  return head;
+}
+
+static void
+free_strings (struct linked_strings *head)
+{
+  while (head)
+    {
+      struct linked_strings *cur = head;
+      head = head->next;
+      free (cur->str);
+      free (cur);
+    }
+  malloc_trim (0);
+}
+
+# endif /* LINKED_STRINGS */
 #endif /* TEST_MAIN */
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-strlen-struct.c b/benchtests/bench-strlen-struct.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d3cbb57de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchtests/bench-strlen-struct.c
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/* Measure STRLEN functions - walk through a list of elements and measure
+   string lengths.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* RATIONALE
+   ---------
+
+   This test measures the latency of measuring a string length in a typical
+   setting where a dynamically allocated string is part of a structure, which
+   in turn is allocated in a linked list.  This puts the strings in different
+   parts of the heap (and in larger string sizes, different maps) and thus
+   attempts to approximate the caching behavior of such code.  */
+
+#define TEST_MAIN
+#define LINKED_STRINGS
+#ifndef WIDE
+# define TEST_NAME "strlen"
+#else
+# define TEST_NAME "wcslen"
+#endif
+#include "bench-string.h"
+
+#ifndef WIDE
+# define STRLEN strlen
+# define CHAR char
+# define MAX_CHAR CHAR_MAX
+#else
+# include <wchar.h>
+# define STRLEN wcslen
+# define CHAR wchar_t
+# define MAX_CHAR WCHAR_MAX
+#endif
+
+#include "json-lib.h"
+
+typedef size_t (*proto_t) (const CHAR *);
+
+size_t
+simple_STRLEN (const CHAR *s)
+{
+  const CHAR *p;
+
+  for (p = s; *p; ++p);
+  return p - s;
+}
+
+#ifndef WIDE
+size_t
+builtin_strlen (const CHAR *p)
+{
+  return __builtin_strlen (p);
+}
+IMPL (builtin_strlen, 0)
+#endif
+
+IMPL (simple_STRLEN, 0)
+IMPL (STRLEN, 1)
+
+#define NUM_STRINGS 10000
+static void
+do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, struct linked_strings *head)
+{
+  timing_t start, stop, cur;
+
+  TIMING_NOW (start);
+  while (head)
+    {
+      CALL (impl, head->str);
+      head = head->next;
+    }
+  TIMING_NOW (stop);
+
+  TIMING_DIFF (cur, start, stop);
+
+  json_element_double (json_ctx, (double) cur / (double) NUM_STRINGS);
+}
+
+static void
+do_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, size_t len)
+{
+  json_element_object_begin (json_ctx);
+  json_attr_uint (json_ctx, "length", len);
+  json_array_begin (json_ctx, "timings");
+
+
+  FOR_EACH_IMPL (impl, 0)
+    {
+      struct linked_strings *head = alloc_strings (len, NUM_STRINGS);
+      do_one_test (json_ctx, impl, head);
+      free_strings (head);
+    }
+
+  json_array_end (json_ctx);
+  json_element_object_end (json_ctx);
+}
+
+int
+test_main (void)
+{
+  json_ctx_t json_ctx;
+  size_t i;
+
+  test_init ();
+
+  json_init (&json_ctx, 0, stdout);
+
+  json_document_begin (&json_ctx);
+  json_attr_string (&json_ctx, "timing_type", TIMING_TYPE);
+
+  json_attr_object_begin (&json_ctx, "functions");
+  json_attr_object_begin (&json_ctx, TEST_NAME);
+  json_attr_string (&json_ctx, "bench-variant", "random");
+
+  json_array_begin (&json_ctx, "ifuncs");
+  FOR_EACH_IMPL (impl, 0)
+    json_element_string (&json_ctx, impl->name);
+  json_array_end (&json_ctx);
+
+  json_array_begin (&json_ctx, "results");
+
+  for (i = 1; i <= 32*1024; i = i << 1)
+  {
+    do_test (&json_ctx, i);
+    do_test (&json_ctx, i + 1);
+    do_test (&json_ctx, i + 2);
+    do_test (&json_ctx, i + 3);
+  }
+
+  json_array_end (&json_ctx);
+  json_attr_object_end (&json_ctx);
+  json_attr_object_end (&json_ctx);
+  json_document_end (&json_ctx);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
