diff --git a/tests/bench/simp_congr.lean b/tests/bench/simp_congr.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2c6fdd21e
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+++ b/tests/bench/simp_congr.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/-!
+A micro-benchmark based on `simp_bubblesort`, designed specifically to force simp to work with a lot
+of congruence to reach for a very deep concrete expression.
+-/
+
+inductive V where | a | b
+open V
+
+axiom L : Type
+axiom N : Type
+axiom z : N
+axiom s : N → N
+axiom nil : L
+axiom f : V → L → L
+axiom iter : N → (L → L) → (L → L)
+axiom combine : L → L → L
+
+axiom swap : f b (f a xs) = f a (f b xs)
+axiom iter_zero : iter z g x = g x
+axiom iter_succ : iter (s i) g x = iter i g (iter i g x)
+
+noncomputable def steps : N := s (s (s z)) -- smaller input size to focus on congr theorems
+
+set_option maxRecDepth 100000
+--set_option profiler true
+set_option trace.Elab.async false
+
+syntax "deep1(" num "," term "," term "," term ")" : term
+
+macro_rules
+  | `(deep1($n, $f, $a, $e)) =>
+    match n.getNat with
+    | 0 => return a
+    | n + 1 => `($f deep1($(Lean.quote n), $f, $a, $e) $e)
+
+-- Provoke regenerating simple congruence theorems unless they are cached or handled otherwise
+
+/-
+In an ideal world all of the below would be almost as fast as this, since we are just applying this
+rewrite under a lot of congruence.
+
+theorem foo :
+    iter steps (f b) (iter steps (f a) nil) =
+    iter steps (f a) (iter steps (f b) nil) := by
+simp (maxSteps := 1000000) only [swap, iter_zero, iter_succ, steps]
+-/
+
+theorem deep_singular_simple (g : L → Unit → L) :
+    deep1(1024, g, iter steps (f b) (iter steps (f a) nil), ()) =
+    deep1(1024, g, iter steps (f a) (iter steps (f b) nil), ()) := by
+simp (maxSteps := 1000000) only [swap, iter_zero, iter_succ, steps]
+
+axiom g1 : L → Unit → L
+
+theorem deep_singular_simple_const :
+    deep1(1024, g1, iter steps (f b) (iter steps (f a) nil), ()) =
+    deep1(1024, g1, iter steps (f a) (iter steps (f b) nil), ()) := by
+simp (maxSteps := 1000000) only [swap, iter_zero, iter_succ, steps]
+
+-- Provoke regenerating simple congruence theorems unless they are cached or handled otherwise,
+-- adding `True` with the dependency on `x` here avoids a fast path in simp congruence theorem
+-- generation as not all arguments are of kind fixed/eq anymore.
+
+theorem deep_singular_prop_dep (g2 : (x : L) → (h : (fun _ => True) x) → L) :
+    deep1(1024, g2, iter steps (f b) (iter steps (f a) nil), True.intro) =
+    deep1(1024, g2, iter steps (f a) (iter steps (f b) nil), True.intro) := by
+simp (maxSteps := 1000000) only [swap, iter_zero, iter_succ, steps]
+
+axiom g2 : (x : L) → (h : (fun _ => True) x) → L
+
+theorem deep_singular_prop_const_dep :
+    deep1(1024, g2, iter steps (f b) (iter steps (f a) nil), True.intro) =
+    deep1(1024, g2, iter steps (f a) (iter steps (f b) nil), True.intro) := by
+simp (maxSteps := 1000000) only [swap, iter_zero, iter_succ, steps]
diff --git a/tests/bench/speedcenter.exec.velcom.yaml b/tests/bench/speedcenter.exec.velcom.yaml
index a4462b9267..cf3cfe01f9 100644
--- a/tests/bench/speedcenter.exec.velcom.yaml
+++ b/tests/bench/speedcenter.exec.velcom.yaml
@@ -421,6 +421,12 @@
   run_config:
     <<: *time
     cmd: lean simp_subexpr.lean
+- attributes:
+    description: simp_congr
+    tags: [fast, suite]
+  run_config:
+    <<: *time
+    cmd: lean simp_congr.lean
 - attributes:
     description: nat_repr
     tags: [fast, suite]