diff --git a/packages/xen-api/.gitignore b/packages/xen-api/.gitignore
index 6959be1cf..d5cad6a33 100644
--- a/packages/xen-api/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/xen-api/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ npm-debug.log.*
 
 !node_modules/*
 node_modules/*/
+/plot.dat
diff --git a/packages/xen-api/memory-test.gnu b/packages/xen-api/memory-test.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f762c3f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/xen-api/memory-test.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+set yrange [ 0 : ]
+set grid
+
+plot for [i=2:4] "plot.dat" using 1:i with lines
diff --git a/packages/xen-api/package.json b/packages/xen-api/package.json
index b5a06e0b7..5cfe430b0 100644
--- a/packages/xen-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/xen-api/package.json
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     "dev": "babel --watch --source-maps --out-dir=dist/ src/",
     "dev-test": "mocha --opts .mocha.opts --watch --reporter=min \"dist/**/*.spec.js\"",
     "lint": "standard",
+    "plot": "gnuplot -p memory-test.gnu",
     "posttest": "npm run lint && npm run depcheck",
     "prepublish": "npm run build",
     "test": "nyc mocha --opts .mocha.opts \"dist/**/*.spec.js\""
diff --git a/packages/xen-api/src/memory-test.js b/packages/xen-api/src/memory-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..675cdba2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/xen-api/src/memory-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { createClient } from './'
+
+let i = 0
+setInterval(() => {
+  const usage = process.memoryUsage()
+  console.log(
+    '%s %s %s %s',
+    i++,
+    Math.round(usage.rss / 1e6),
+    Math.round(usage.heapTotal / 1e6),
+    Math.round(usage.heapUsed / 1e6))
+}, 1e2)
+
+const [ , , url, user, password ] = process.argv
+const xapi = createClient({
+  auth: { user, password },
+  readOnly: true,
+  url
+})
+xapi.connect()