diff --git a/benchmarks.yml b/benchmarks.yml
index 827e8285..746f6866 100644
--- a/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/benchmarks.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ getivar:
   desc: getivar tests the performance of getting instance variable values.
   category: micro
   single_file: true
+attr_accessor:
+  desc: attr_accessor tests the performance of getting instance variable values via an attr_accessor imemo.
+  category: micro
+  single_file: true
 keyword_args:
   desc: keyword_args tests the performance of method calls with keyword arguments.
   category: micro
diff --git a/benchmarks/attr_accessor.rb b/benchmarks/attr_accessor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83069356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/attr_accessor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+require_relative '../harness/loader'
+
+class TheClass
+  attr_accessor :levar
+
+  def initialize
+    @v0 = 1
+    @v1 = 2
+    @v3 = 3
+    @levar = 1
+  end
+
+  def get_value_loop
+    sum = 0
+
+    # 1M
+    i = 0
+    while i < 1000000
+      # 10 times to de-emphasize loop overhead
+      sum += levar
+      sum += levar
+      sum += levar
+      sum += levar
+      sum += levar
+      sum += levar
+      sum += levar
+      sum += levar
+      sum += levar
+      sum += levar
+      i += 1
+    end
+
+    return sum
+  end
+end
+
+obj = TheClass.new
+
+run_benchmark(850) do
+  obj.get_value_loop
+end