diff --git a/t/perf/README b/t/perf/README
index fb9127a66f..8f217d7be7 100644
--- a/t/perf/README
+++ b/t/perf/README
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ You can set the following variables (also in your config.mak):
 	Git (e.g., performance of index-pack as the number of threads
 	changes). These can be enabled with GIT_PERF_EXTRA.
 
+    GIT_PERF_USE_SCALAR
+	Boolean indicating whether to register test repo(s) with Scalar
+	before executing tests.
+
 You can also pass the options taken by ordinary git tests; the most
 useful one is:
 
diff --git a/t/perf/perf-lib.sh b/t/perf/perf-lib.sh
index 27c2801792..e7786775a9 100644
--- a/t/perf/perf-lib.sh
+++ b/t/perf/perf-lib.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ export TEST_DIRECTORY TRASH_DIRECTORY GIT_BUILD_DIR GIT_TEST_CMP
 MODERN_GIT=$GIT_BUILD_DIR/bin-wrappers/git
 export MODERN_GIT
 
+MODERN_SCALAR=$GIT_BUILD_DIR/bin-wrappers/scalar
+export MODERN_SCALAR
+
 perf_results_dir=$TEST_RESULTS_DIR
 test -n "$GIT_PERF_SUBSECTION" && perf_results_dir="$perf_results_dir/$GIT_PERF_SUBSECTION"
 mkdir -p "$perf_results_dir"
@@ -120,6 +123,10 @@ test_perf_create_repo_from () {
 			# status" due to a locked index. Since we have
 			# a copy it's fine to remove the lock.
 			rm .git/index.lock
+		fi &&
+		if test_bool_env GIT_PERF_USE_SCALAR false
+		then
+			"$MODERN_SCALAR" register
 		fi
 	) || error "failed to copy repository '$source' to '$repo'"
 }
@@ -130,7 +137,11 @@ test_perf_fresh_repo () {
 	"$MODERN_GIT" init -q "$repo" &&
 	(
 		cd "$repo" &&
-		test_perf_do_repo_symlink_config_
+		test_perf_do_repo_symlink_config_ &&
+		if test_bool_env GIT_PERF_USE_SCALAR false
+		then
+			"$MODERN_SCALAR" register
+		fi
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/t/perf/run b/t/perf/run
index 55219aa405..33da4d2aba 100755
--- a/t/perf/run
+++ b/t/perf/run
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ run_subsection () {
 	get_var_from_env_or_config "GIT_PERF_MAKE_COMMAND" "perf" "makeCommand"
 	get_var_from_env_or_config "GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS" "perf" "makeOpts"
 
+	get_var_from_env_or_config "GIT_PERF_USE_SCALAR" "perf" "useScalar" "--bool"
+	export GIT_PERF_USE_SCALAR
+
 	get_var_from_env_or_config "GIT_PERF_REPO_NAME" "perf" "repoName"
 	export GIT_PERF_REPO_NAME