diff --git a/test/perf/micro/Makefile b/test/perf/micro/Makefile
index bb4919427e36d..9e1c4dd14d591 100644
--- a/test/perf/micro/Makefile
+++ b/test/perf/micro/Makefile
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ benchmarks/lua.csv: perf.lua
 benchmarks/java.csv: java/src/main/java/PerfBLAS.java
 	cd java; sh setup.sh; for t in 1 2 3 4 5; do mvn -q exec:java; done >../$@
 
+benchmarks/scala.csv: scala/src/main/scala/perf.scala scala/build.sbt
+	cd scala; for t in 1 2 3 4 5; do sbt run; done >../$@
+
 BENCHMARKS = \
 	benchmarks/c.csv \
 	benchmarks/fortran.csv \
@@ -128,7 +131,8 @@ BENCHMARKS = \
 	benchmarks/lua.csv \
 	benchmarks/javascript.csv \
 	benchmarks/mathematica.csv \
-	benchmarks/java.csv
+	benchmarks/java.csv \
+	benchmarks/scala.csv
 
 benchmarks.csv: bin/collect.pl $(BENCHMARKS)
 	@$(call PRINT_PERL, $^ >$@)
diff --git a/test/perf/micro/scala/.gitignore b/test/perf/micro/scala/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c58d83b318909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/perf/micro/scala/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+*.class
+*.log
+
+# sbt specific
+.cache
+.history
+.lib/
+dist/*
+target/
+lib_managed/
+src_managed/
+project/boot/
+project/plugins/project/
+
+# Scala-IDE specific
+.scala_dependencies
+.worksheet
diff --git a/test/perf/micro/scala/build.sbt b/test/perf/micro/scala/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c98322a85653e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/perf/micro/scala/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: http://julialang.org/license
+
+libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+    "org.scalanlp" %% "breeze" % "0.10",
+    "org.scalanlp" %% "breeze-natives" % "0.10"
+)
+
+resolvers ++= Seq(
+    "Sonatype Releases" at "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/"
+)
+
+scalaVersion := "2.11.1"
+
+showSuccess := false
+
+onLoadMessage := ""
+
+logLevel := Level.Warn
diff --git a/test/perf/micro/scala/src/main/scala/perf.scala b/test/perf/micro/scala/src/main/scala/perf.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..35613791e39c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/perf/micro/scala/src/main/scala/perf.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+// This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: http://julialang.org/license
+
+import scala.util._
+import java.io._
+import breeze.linalg._
+import breeze.numerics._
+import breeze.stats._
+import breeze.math._
+//import com.github.fommil.netlib.{BLAS}
+
+object PerfBreeze {
+  final val NITER = 5
+
+  // print results appropriately. times are in milliseconds
+  def print_perf(name:String, t:Double) = {
+    printf("scala,%s,%.9f\n", name, t/1e6)
+  }
+
+  // time fib
+  def fib(n:Int):Int = {
+    if (n < 2) n else fib(n-1) + fib(n-2)
+  }
+
+  def time_fib() = {
+    assert(fib(20) == 6765)
+    var tmin = Long.MaxValue
+    var f = 0
+
+    for(i <- 1 to NITER) {
+      val t1 = System.nanoTime()
+      for(j <- 1 to 1000) {
+        f += fib(20)
+      }
+      val t = System.nanoTime() - t1
+      if(t < tmin) tmin = t
+    }
+
+    tmin / 1000.0
+  }
+
+  // time parseint
+  def time_parseint() = {
+    val generator = scala.util.Random
+    var tmin = Long.MaxValue
+
+    for(i <- 1 to NITER) {
+      var rand:Int = 0
+      var rands:String = "0"
+      var parsed:Int = 0
+      val t1 = System.nanoTime()
+      for(j <- 1 to 1000) {
+        rand = generator.nextInt()
+        rands = rand.toString
+        parsed = rands.toInt
+      }
+      val t = System.nanoTime() - t1
+      assert(rand == parsed)
+      if(t < tmin) tmin = t
+    }
+    tmin / 1000.0
+  }
+
+  // time mandel
+  def mandel(zin:Complex):Int = {
+    val c = zin
+    var z = zin
+    val maxiter = 80
+    for(n <- 0 to maxiter) {
+      if(z.abs > 2) return n
+      z = c + (z * z)
+    }
+    maxiter
+  }
+
+  def mandelperf() = {
+    var mandel_sum = 0
+    for(re <- -20 to 5) {
+      for(im <- -10 to 10) {
+        val m = mandel(re/10.0 + i * im/10.0)
+        mandel_sum += m
+      }
+    }
+    mandel_sum
+  }
+
+  def time_mandel() = {
+    var mandel_sum = 0
+    var mandel_sum2 = 0
+    var tmin = Long.MaxValue
+
+    for(i <- 1 to NITER) {
+      val t1 = System.nanoTime()
+      for(j <- 1 to 100) {
+        mandel_sum = mandelperf()
+        mandel_sum2 += mandel_sum
+      }
+      val t = System.nanoTime() - t1
+      if(t < tmin) tmin = t
+    }
+    assert(mandel_sum == 14791)
+    assert(mandel_sum2 == mandel_sum * 100 * NITER)
+    tmin / 100.0
+  }
+
+  // time quicksort
+  def time_quicksort() = {
+    var tmin = Long.MaxValue
+
+    for(i <- 1 to NITER) {
+      val t1 = System.nanoTime()
+      for(j <- 1 to 1000) {
+        val A = randomInt(5000, (1, Int.MaxValue))
+        Sorting.quickSort(A.data)
+      }
+      val t = System.nanoTime() - t1
+      if(t < tmin) tmin = t
+    }
+    tmin / 1000.0
+  }
+
+  // time pisum
+  def pisum() = {
+    var sum = 0.0
+    for(j <- 1 to 500) {
+      sum = 0.0
+      for(k <- 1 to 10000) {
+        sum += 1.0/(k*k)
+      }
+    }
+    sum
+  }
+
+  def time_pisum() = {
+    var tmin = Long.MaxValue
+    var pi = 0:Double
+    for(i <- 1 to NITER) {
+      val t1 = System.nanoTime()
+      pi = pisum()
+      val t = System.nanoTime() - t1
+      if(t < tmin) tmin = t
+      assert(abs(pi-1.644834071848065) < 1e-12)
+    }
+    tmin
+  }
+
+  // time printfd
+  def printfd(n:Int) = {
+    var stream = None: Option[PrintStream]
+    try {
+      stream = Some(new PrintStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("/dev/null"))))
+      val valid_stream = stream.get
+      for (i <- 1 to n) {
+        valid_stream.printf(i + " " + i)
+      }
+    } catch {
+      case e: Exception => println("Exception caught: " + e)
+    } finally {
+      if(stream.isDefined) stream.get.close()
+    }
+  }
+
+  def time_printfd() = {
+    var tmin = Long.MaxValue
+    for(i <- 1 to NITER) {
+      val t1 = System.nanoTime()
+      printfd(100000)
+      val t = System.nanoTime() - t1
+      if(t < tmin) tmin = t
+    }
+    tmin
+  }
+
+  // random matrix statistics
+  def randmatstat(t:Int):(Double,Double) = {
+    val n = 5
+    val v = DenseVector.zeros[Double](t)
+    val w = DenseVector.zeros[Double](t)
+
+    val g = breeze.stats.distributions.Gaussian(0, 1)
+    for(i <- 0 to t-1) {
+      val a = DenseMatrix.rand(n, n, g)
+      val b = DenseMatrix.rand(n, n, g)
+      val c = DenseMatrix.rand(n, n, g)
+      val d = DenseMatrix.rand(n, n, g)
+      val P = DenseMatrix.horzcat(a, b, c, d)
+      val Q = DenseMatrix.vertcat(DenseMatrix.horzcat(a, b), DenseMatrix.horzcat(c, d))
+      val V = P.t * P
+      val W = Q.t * Q
+
+      v(i) = trace(V * V * V * V)
+      w(i) = trace(W * W * W * W)
+    }
+    (stddev(v)/mean(v), stddev(w)/mean(w))
+  }
+
+  def time_randmatstat() = {
+    var tmin = Long.MaxValue
+    for(i <- 1 to NITER) {
+      val t1 = System.nanoTime()
+      val (s1, s2) = randmatstat(1000)
+      val t = System.nanoTime() - t1
+      assert(0.5 < s1 && s1 < 1.0 && 0.5 < s2 && s2 < 1.0)
+
+      if(t < tmin) tmin = t
+    }
+    tmin
+  }
+
+  // random matrix multiplication
+  def randmatmul(t:Int):DenseMatrix[Double] = {
+    val m1 = randomDouble((t, t))
+    val m2 = randomDouble((t, t))
+    m1 * m2
+  }
+
+  def time_randmatmul() = {
+    var tmin = Long.MaxValue
+    for(i <- 1 to NITER) {
+      val t1 = System.nanoTime()
+      val m = randmatmul(1000)
+      val t = System.nanoTime() - t1
+      assert(0 <= m(0,0))
+
+      if(t < tmin) tmin = t
+    }
+    tmin
+  }
+
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]) = {
+    //println("BLAS: " + BLAS.getInstance().getClass().getName())
+    print_perf("fib", time_fib())
+    print_perf("parse_int", time_parseint())
+    print_perf("mandel", time_mandel())
+    print_perf("quicksort", time_quicksort())
+    print_perf("pi_sum", time_pisum())
+    print_perf("rand_mat_stat", time_randmatstat())
+    print_perf("rand_mat_mul", time_randmatmul())
+    print_perf("printfd", time_printfd())
+  }
+}