diff --git a/benchmarks/unistd_benchmark.cpp b/benchmarks/unistd_benchmark.cpp
index c35e7c3..7e2ac30 100644
--- a/benchmarks/unistd_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/unistd_benchmark.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@
 }
 BENCHMARK(BM_unistd_getpid);
 
+static void BM_unistd_getpid_syscall(int iters) {
+  StartBenchmarkTiming();
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < iters; ++i) {
+    syscall(__NR_getpid);
+  }
+
+  StopBenchmarkTiming();
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_unistd_getpid_syscall);
+
 // Stop GCC optimizing out our pure function.
 /* Must not be static! */ pid_t (*gettid_fp)() = gettid;