diff --git a/cmd/rqbench/README.md b/cmd/rqbench/README.md
index 4462d179..2bc91830 100644
--- a/cmd/rqbench/README.md
+++ b/cmd/rqbench/README.md
@@ -29,9 +29,14 @@ Usage: rqbench [arguments] <SQL statement>
   -x    Use explicit transaction per request
  ```
 
- ## Example
+ ## Examples
 
 ```sh
+$ rqbench -b 10 -m 100 -n 1 -o 'CREATE TABLE foo (id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT)' 'INSERT INTO foo(name) VALUES("fiona")'
+Test target: http://localhost:4001/db/execute
+Total duration: 10.094572ms
+Requests/sec: 99.06
+Statements/sec: 990.63
 $ rqbench -b 10 -m 10 -n 100 'INSERT INTO foo(name) VALUES("fiona")' -a localhost:4001
 Test target: http://localhost:4001/db/execute
 10 requests completed in 16.130142ms
diff --git a/cmd/rqbench/main.go b/cmd/rqbench/main.go
index bff778aa..02a68f76 100644
--- a/cmd/rqbench/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rqbench/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var modPrint int
 var tx bool
 var tp string
 var path string
+var oneshot string
 
 const name = `rqbench`
 const desc = `rqbench is a simple load testing utility for rqlite.`
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&tx, "x", false, "Use explicit transaction per request")
 	flag.StringVar(&tp, "t", "http", "Transport to use")
 	flag.StringVar(&path, "p", "/db/execute", "Endpoint to use")
+	flag.StringVar(&oneshot, "o", "", "One-shot execute statement to preload")
 	flag.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n%s\n\n", desc)
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: %s [arguments] <SQL statement>\n", name)
@@ -50,6 +52,19 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "not a valid transport: %s\n", tp)
 	}
 
+	if oneshot != "" {
+		o := NewHTTPTester(addr, "/db/execute")
+		if err := o.Prepare(oneshot, 1, false); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("failed to prepare oneshot:", err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		_, err := run(o, 1)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("failed to execute oneshot:", err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
 	tester := NewHTTPTester(addr, path)
 	if err := tester.Prepare(stmt, batchSz, tx); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("failed to prepare test:", err.Error())