diff --git a/skel/bin/dcache b/skel/bin/dcache
index abb6ff82efe..6028b5e0696 100755
--- a/skel/bin/dcache
+++ b/skel/bin/dcache
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ usage()
     echo "   pool ls"
     echo "   pool reconstruct <directory> <target dir>"
     echo "   pool yaml <name>"
+    echo "   pool benchmark [fio options] [ -- [<directory>]]"
     echo "   property <property-name> [<domain-name> [<cell-name>]]"
     echo "   restart [<domain>]..."
     echo "   services"
@@ -611,6 +612,51 @@ case "$1" in
                 ) | column
                 ;;
 
+            benchmark)
+                fio --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail 1 "fio is not installed. Please install fio to run the benchmark command."
+
+                fio_options=""
+                while  [ $# -gt 0 ]
+                do
+                  case "$1" in
+                    --)
+                      shift
+                      break
+                      ;;
+                    *)
+                      fio_options="$fio_options $1"
+                      shift
+                      ;;
+                  esac
+                done
+
+                [ $# -gt 1 ] && usage
+
+                if [ $# -eq 1 ]
+                then
+                    path="$1"
+                    echo ""
+                    echo "  Running fio benchmark for directory ${path}"
+                    echo ""
+                    fio --directory=${path} ${fio_options} ${lib}/pool-benchmark.fio
+                else
+                  for domain in $(getProperty dcache.domains); do
+                      for cell in $(getProperty dcache.domain.cells "$domain"); do
+                          service=$(getProperty dcache.domain.service "$domain" "$cell")
+                          if [ "$service" = "pool" ]; then
+                              name=$(getProperty pool.name "$domain" "$cell")
+                              path=$(getProperty pool.path "$domain" "$cell")
+
+                              echo ""
+                              echo "  Running fio benchmark for pool $name@$domain."
+                              echo ""
+                              fio --directory=${path}/data ${fio_options} ${lib}/pool-benchmark.fio
+                          fi
+                      done
+                  done
+                fi
+                ;;
+
             *)
                 usage
                 ;;
diff --git a/skel/man/man8/dcache.8 b/skel/man/man8/dcache.8
index 9be431164a1..a7cc0c42760 100644
--- a/skel/man/man8/dcache.8
+++ b/skel/man/man8/dcache.8
@@ -178,6 +178,14 @@ to manually replace the content of the meta directory of the pool with
 the reconstructed database. It is recommended to keep a copy of the
 old database.
 
+.TP
+.B pool benchmark [fio options ] [ -- directory]
+Run filesystem benchmarks on the file system containing the pool's \fBdata directory.
+The benchmark uses the fio tool. The options passed to the command are passed directly to fio.
+If a path is specified, the benchmark is run on specified directory only. Otherwise,
+the benchmark is run on all file systems for all configured pools.
+By default, the output of the benchmark is written to standard out.
+
 .SH DATABASE MANAGEMENT COMMANDS
 
 Several services in dCache rely on relational databases. The commands
diff --git a/skel/share/lib/pool-benchmark.fio b/skel/share/lib/pool-benchmark.fio
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b58b88adb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skel/share/lib/pool-benchmark.fio
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+;
+; FIO workload to benchmark disk performance
+;
+; block verification information is forced on write, which is
+; used during read workloads.
+;
+;
+; Run sequential write, sequential read and random read
+;
+;
+; NOTE: ALL READ JOBS DELETE TEST FILE AFTER BENCHMARK
+;
+
+[global]
+filename_format=fio-test-$jobnum-$filenum
+; file size
+size=10g
+ioengine=libaio
+; do not pre-create files
+create_on_open=1
+; checksum type
+verify=sha1
+; fail on first checksum error
+verify_fatal=1
+; invalidate page cache before running jobs
+invalidate=1
+
+[seqwrite]
+description=Streaming WRITE
+rw=write
+; do not check sum during write
+do_verify=0
+; block until job is done before jumping to the next section
+stonewall
+
+[seqread]
+description=Streaming READ
+rw=read
+; check checksum during read
+do_verify=1
+; block until job is done before jumping to the next section
+stonewall
+
+[randread]
+description=Random READ
+rw=randread
+; inremental random offest
+rw_sequencer=sequential
+; check checksum during read
+do_verify=1
+; block until job is done before jumping to the next section
+stonewall
+; remove file at the end of the test
+unlink=1
+
+[concurrent_write]
+description=Concurrent Streaming WRITE
+rw=write
+; do not check sum during write
+do_verify=0
+; block until job is done before jumping to the next section
+stonewall
+; write with multiple threads
+numjobs=24
+thread=1
+group_reporting=1
+
+[concurrent_randread]
+description=Concurrent Random READ
+rw=randread
+rw=read
+; check checksum during read
+do_verify=1
+; block until job is done before jumping to the next section
+stonewall
+; read with multiple threads
+numjobs=24
+thread=1
+group_reporting=1
+; remove file at the end of the test
+unlink=1
+
+; -- end job file --