diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27ddd04..9823174 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ docker build . -t cm-cache-backend-redis
 
 Then start a Redis server, install Composer dependencies and run tests like so: 
 ```shell
-  docker run --rm -d -p 6379 --name cm-cache-backend-redis redis
+  docker run --rm -d -p 6379 --name cm-cache-backend-redis redis --maxmemory 20m --maxmemory-policy noeviction
   cm-cache-backend-redis composer install
   cm-cache-backend-redis composer run-script test
   cm-cache-backend-redis composer run-script php-cs-fixer -- --dry-run
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4d2e3ea..e6ec477 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     },
     "scripts": {
         "test": "vendor/bin/phpunit tests",
+        "test-performance": "PERFORMANCE=1 vendor/bin/phpunit tests --filter testLargePayloadLoop",
         "php-cs-fixer": "vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --diff"
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/RedisBackendTest.php b/tests/RedisBackendTest.php
index ad9c6e0..7b74fd0 100644
--- a/tests/RedisBackendTest.php
+++ b/tests/RedisBackendTest.php
@@ -88,6 +88,20 @@ public function testCompression(): void
         $this->assertTrue($this->_instance->load('long') == $longString);
     }
 
+    public function testLargePayloadLoop()
+    {
+        if (getenv('PERFORMANCE')) {
+            $longString = file_get_contents(__FILE__);
+            $tags = ['one','two','three','four','five','six','seven','eight','nine','ten'];
+            for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
+                $this->_instance->save($longString, $tags[$i % 10], $tags);
+            }
+            $this->assertTrue(true);
+        } else {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Skipping large payload test');
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testExpiredCleanup(): void
     {
         $this->assertTrue($this->_instance->clean());