diff --git a/targets/nikss/test/perf/simple.py b/targets/nikss/test/perf/simple.py
index 9c648250..5ac65006 100644
--- a/targets/nikss/test/perf/simple.py
+++ b/targets/nikss/test/perf/simple.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from ptf import testutils as ptfutils  # type: ignore
 
-from backends.p4tools.modules.flay.targets.nikss.ebpf_ptf_test import P4EbpfTest
+from backends.p4tools.modules.flay.targets.nikss.test.ebpf_ptf_test import (
+    TEST_PIPELINE_ID,
+    P4EbpfTest,
+)
 
 PORT0 = 0
 PORT1 = 1
@@ -16,5 +19,6 @@ class SimpleTest(P4EbpfTest):
     def runTest(self) -> None:
         # check no connectivity if switching rules are not installed
         pkt = b"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+        rcvd_pkt = b"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00"
         ptfutils.send_packet(self, PORT0, pkt)
-        ptfutils.verify_packet(self, pkt, PORT1)
+        ptfutils.verify_packet(self, rcvd_pkt, PORT1)
diff --git a/targets/nikss/test/run-flay-ebpf-ptf-benchmark.py b/targets/nikss/test/run-flay-ebpf-ptf-benchmark.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e5be3848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/targets/nikss/test/run-flay-ebpf-ptf-benchmark.py
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+import run_ebpf_ptf_test as ebpf_ptf_test
+
+PARSER = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+PARSER.add_argument(
+    "rootdir",
+    help="The root directory of the compiler source tree."
+    "This is used to import P4C's Python libraries",
+)
+PARSER.add_argument("p4_file", help="the p4 file to process")
+PARSER.add_argument(
+    "-tf",
+    "--testfile",
+    dest="testfile",
+    help="The path for the ptf py file for this test.",
+)
+PARSER.add_argument(
+    "-td",
+    "--testdir",
+    dest="testdir",
+    help="The location of the test directory.",
+)
+PARSER.add_argument(
+    "-b",
+    "--nocleanup",
+    action="store_true",
+    dest="nocleanup",
+    help="Do not remove temporary results for failing tests.",
+)
+PARSER.add_argument(
+    "-n",
+    "--num-ifaces",
+    default=6,
+    dest="num_ifaces",
+    help="How many virtual interfaces to create.",
+)
+PARSER.add_argument(
+    "-ll",
+    "--log_level",
+    dest="log_level",
+    default="WARNING",
+    choices=["CRITICAL", "ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO", "DEBUG", "NOTSET"],
+    help="The log level to choose.",
+)
+PARSER.add_argument(
+    "-fb", "--flay_binary", dest="flay_binary", default="flay", help="The path to the flay binary."
+)
+PARSER.add_argument(
+    "--config-update-pattern",
+    dest="config_update_pattern",
+    default=".*",
+    help="The config update pattern.",
+)
+
+# Parse options and process argv
+ARGS, ARGV = PARSER.parse_known_args()
+
+# Append the root directory to the import path.
+FILE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+ROOT_DIR = Path(ARGS.rootdir).absolute()
+sys.path.append(str(ROOT_DIR))
+
+from tools import testutils  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
+
+
+class Options(ebpf_ptf_test.Options):
+    """Options for this testing script. Usually correspond to command line inputs."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+
+
+def create_options(test_args: Any) -> Optional[Options]:
+    """Parse the input arguments and create a processed options object."""
+    options = Options()
+    result = testutils.check_if_file(test_args.p4_file)
+    if not result:
+        return None
+    options.p4_file = result
+    testfile = test_args.testfile
+    if not testfile:
+        testutils.log.info("No test file provided. Checking for file in folder.")
+        testfile = options.p4_file.with_suffix(".py")
+    result = testutils.check_if_file(testfile)
+    if not result:
+        return None
+    options.testfile = Path(result)
+    testdir = test_args.testdir
+    if not testdir:
+        testutils.log.info("No test directory provided. Generating temporary folder.")
+        testdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=Path(".").absolute())
+        # Generous permissions because the program is usually edited by sudo.
+        os.chmod(testdir, 0o755)
+    options.testdir = Path(testdir)
+    options.rootdir = Path(test_args.rootdir)
+    options.num_ifaces = test_args.num_ifaces
+
+    # Configure logging.
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        filename=options.testdir.joinpath("test.log"),
+        format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s",
+        level=getattr(logging, test_args.log_level),
+        filemode="w",
+    )
+    stderr_log = logging.StreamHandler()
+    stderr_log.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(levelname)s: %(message)s"))
+    logging.getLogger().addHandler(stderr_log)
+    return options
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_options = create_options(ARGS)
+    if not test_options:
+        sys.exit(testutils.FAILURE)
+
+    if not testutils.check_root():
+        testutils.log.error("This script requires root privileges; Exiting.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Run the test with the extracted options
+    test_result = ebpf_ptf_test.run_test(test_options)
+    if not (ARGS.nocleanup or test_result != testutils.SUCCESS):
+        testutils.log.info("Removing temporary test directory.")
+        testutils.del_dir(test_options.testdir)
+    sys.exit(test_result)
diff --git a/targets/nikss/test/run-ebpf-ptf-test.py b/targets/nikss/test/run_ebpf_ptf_test.py
similarity index 100%
rename from targets/nikss/test/run-ebpf-ptf-test.py
rename to targets/nikss/test/run_ebpf_ptf_test.py