diff --git a/tests/profile_vasp.py b/tests/profile_vasp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bcb3619f932bd69efb89a18d085b2e1e28410560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/profile_vasp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from nomad.parsing import parser_dict
+from nomad import utils
+
+
+def run_parser(parser_name, mainfile):
+    parser = parser_dict[parser_name]
+    return parser.run(mainfile, logger=utils.get_logger(__name__))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run_parser('parsers/vasp', '.dependencies/parsers/vasp/test/examples/xml/perovskite.xml')
+    run_parser('parsers/vasp', '.dependencies/parsers/vasp/test/examples/xml/perovskite.xml')
+    run_parser('parsers/vasp', '.dependencies/parsers/vasp/test/examples/xml/perovskite.xml')
+    run_parser('parsers/vasp', '.dependencies/parsers/vasp/test/examples/xml/perovskite.xml')
+    run_parser('parsers/vasp', '.dependencies/parsers/vasp/test/examples/xml/perovskite.xml')