diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4cae5aa0..eb86a1d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Release/
 libleveldb.so
 libleveldb.a
 leakydb
-bench/
 *.sln
 *.vcxproj
 *.vcxproj.filters
diff --git a/bench/memory.js b/bench/memory.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fe4588c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/memory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+var leveldown = require('../')
+
+var addr = '1111111111111111111114oLvT2'
+
+var db = leveldown(process.env.HOME + '/iterleak.db')
+var records = {
+  'w/a/14r6JPSJNzBXXJEM2jnmoybQCw3arseKuY/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/17nJuKqjTyAeujSJnPCebpSTEz1v9kjNKg/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/18cxWLCiJMESL34Ev1LJ2meGTgL14bAxfj/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/18pghEAnqCRTrjd7iyUj6XNKmSNx4fAywB/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/19EWPPzY6XkQeM7DxqJ4THbY3DGekRQKbt/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/1DKDeLQyBCkV5aMG15XbAdpwwHnxqw9rvY/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/1HSJAoU5TaGKhAJxwpTC1imiMM1ab8SFGW/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/1HkeafxVvStf2Np6wxUjkTpCt1gTDJSLpi/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/1Hr5JduPFdZ4n4dHBUqRoxLQEG4P93C658/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/1KATodK9Ko8MchJZzDxLhjWz4d8oAuCqEh/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/1NhRKhiAAJrmwXoLhL9dGG1z6oMiFGrxZ7/primary': '00',
+  'w/a/1yTq3DpyUNqUCxDttczGjufbEBKAXMTSq/primary': '00',
+  'w/w/primary': '00'
+}
+
+db.open({
+  createIfMissing: true,
+  errorIfExists: false,
+  compression: true,
+  cacheSize: 8 << 20,
+  writeBufferSize: 4 << 20,
+  maxOpenFiles: 8192
+}, function(err) {
+  if (err)
+    throw err
+
+  memory()
+
+  var batch = db.batch();
+  Object.keys(records).forEach(function(key) {
+    var value = new Buffer(records[key], 'hex')
+    batch.put(key, value)
+  })
+
+  batch.write(function(err) {
+    if (err)
+      throw err
+
+    // This will leak roughly 1mb per call.
+    setTimeout(function self() {
+      var i = 0
+      ;(function next(err) {
+        if (err)
+          throw err
+        if (i++ >= 10000) {
+          memory()
+          return setTimeout(self, 1000)
+        }
+        iterate(addr, next)
+      })()
+    }, 1000)
+  })
+})
+
+function memory() {
+  var mem = process.memoryUsage()
+  console.log('Memory: rss=%dmb, js-heap=%d/%dmb native-heap=%dmb',
+              mb(mem.rss),
+              mb(mem.heapUsed),
+              mb(mem.heapTotal),
+              mb(mem.rss - mem.heapTotal))
+}
+
+function mb(size) {
+  return size / 1024 / 1024 | 0
+}
+
+function iterate(address, callback) {
+  var iter = db.iterator({
+    gte: 'w/a/' + address,
+    lte: 'w/a/' + address + '~',
+    keys: true,
+    values: false,
+    fillCache: false,
+    keyAsBuffer: false
+  })
+
+  ;(function next() {
+    iter.next(function(err, key, value) {
+      if (err) {
+        return iter.end(function(e) {
+          if (e)
+            throw e
+          callback(err)
+        })
+      }
+
+      if (key === undefined)
+        return iter.end(callback)
+
+      next()
+    })
+  })()
+}