diff --git a/tests/http_bench.ts b/tests/http_bench.ts
index 89d53ad1d8..0c79706913 100644
--- a/tests/http_bench.ts
+++ b/tests/http_bench.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Used for benchmarking Deno's networking. See tools/http_benchmark.py
 // TODO Replace this with a real HTTP server once
 // https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/726 is completed.
+// Note: this is a keep-alive server.
 import * as deno from "deno";
 const addr = deno.args[1] || "127.0.0.1:4500";
 const listener = deno.listen("tcp", addr);
diff --git a/tools/http_benchmark.py b/tools/http_benchmark.py
index a039484b71..a2148ba457 100755
--- a/tools/http_benchmark.py
+++ b/tools/http_benchmark.py
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ def node_http_benchmark():
     return run(node_cmd)
 
 
+def node_tcp_benchmark():
+    node_cmd = ["node", "tools/node_tcp.js", ADDR.split(":")[1]]
+    print "http_benchmark testing node_tcp.js"
+    return run(node_cmd)
+
+
 def hyper_http_benchmark(hyper_hello_exe):
     hyper_cmd = [hyper_hello_exe, ADDR.split(":")[1]]
     print "http_benchmark testing RUST hyper."
@@ -29,11 +35,13 @@ def hyper_http_benchmark(hyper_hello_exe):
 
 
 def http_benchmark(deno_exe, hyper_hello_exe):
-    deno_rps = deno_http_benchmark(deno_exe)
-    node_rps = node_http_benchmark()
-    hyper_http_rps = hyper_http_benchmark(hyper_hello_exe)
-
-    return {"deno": deno_rps, "node": node_rps, "hyper": hyper_http_rps}
+    r = {}
+    # TODO Rename to "deno_tcp"
+    r["deno"] = deno_http_benchmark(deno_exe)
+    r["node"] = node_http_benchmark()
+    r["node_tcp"] = node_tcp_benchmark()
+    r["hyper"] = hyper_http_benchmark(hyper_hello_exe)
+    return r
 
 
 def run(server_cmd):
diff --git a/tools/node_tcp.js b/tools/node_tcp.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4ed6db40a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/node_tcp.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2018 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+// Note: this is a keep-alive server.
+const { Server } = require("net");
+const port = process.argv[2] || "4544";
+console.log("port", port);
+
+const response = Buffer.from(
+  "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 12\r\n\r\nHello World\n"
+);
+
+Server(socket => {
+  socket.on("data", _ => {
+    socket.write(response);
+  });
+  socket.on("error", _ => {
+    socket.destroy();
+  });
+}).listen(port);