diff --git a/test/parallel/test-benchmark-string_decoder.js b/test/parallel/test-benchmark-string_decoder.js
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+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+
+const runBenchmark = require('../common/benchmark');
+
+runBenchmark('string_decoder', ['n=1']);