diff --git a/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/perftest.h b/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/perftest.h
index a94c635..3f18c98 100644
--- a/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/perftest.h
+++ b/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/perftest.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <fbl/function.h>
 #include <fbl/string.h>
+#include <fbl/vector.h>
 #include <perftest/results.h>
 
 // This is a library for writing performance tests.  It supports
@@ -181,6 +182,9 @@
 // details.)
 int PerfTestMain(int argc, char** argv);
 
+// Experimental. Just returns the test results so they may be written to a FIDL service.
+fbl::Vector<TestCaseResults> RunPerfTests();
+
 // Run a single test |run_count| times, and add the results to
 // |results_set| using the given name, |test_name|.  On error, this returns
 // false and sets |*error_out| to an error string.
diff --git a/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/results.h b/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/results.h
index c152419..9bd50e0 100644
--- a/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/results.h
+++ b/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/results.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 class ResultsSet {
 public:
     fbl::Vector<TestCaseResults>* results() { return &results_; }
-
+    fbl::Vector<TestCaseResults> take_results() { return fbl::move(results_); }
     TestCaseResults* AddTestCase(const fbl::String& label,
                                  const fbl::String& unit);
 
diff --git a/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/runner.h b/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/runner.h
index 41a62df..a70ce5a 100644
--- a/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/runner.h
+++ b/system/ulib/perftest/include/perftest/runner.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <perftest/perftest.h>
 
 namespace perftest {
+
 namespace internal {
 
 // Definitions used by the perf test runner.  These are in a header file so
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@
 bool RunTests(TestList* test_list, uint32_t run_count, const char* regex_string,
               FILE* log_stream, ResultsSet* results_set);
 
+fbl::Vector<TestCaseResults> RunPerfTests();
+
 struct CommandArgs {
     const char* output_filename = nullptr;
     // Note that this default matches any string.
diff --git a/system/ulib/perftest/runner.cpp b/system/ulib/perftest/runner.cpp
index 3d910ca..e1228ec 100644
--- a/system/ulib/perftest/runner.cpp
+++ b/system/ulib/perftest/runner.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@
 #include <zircon/assert.h>
 #include <zircon/syscalls.h>
 
+
 namespace perftest {
+
+// Experimental. Just returns the test results so they may be written to a FIDL service.
+fbl::Vector<TestCaseResults> RunPerfTests() {
+    return internal::RunPerfTests();
+}
+
 namespace {
 
 // g_tests needs to be POD because this list is populated by constructors.
@@ -273,6 +280,20 @@
 
 namespace internal {
 
+// Experimental. Just returns the test results so they may be written to a FIDL service.
+fbl::Vector<TestCaseResults> RunPerfTests() {
+    internal::CommandArgs args;
+
+    zx_duration_t duration =
+        static_cast<zx_duration_t>(ZX_SEC(1) * args.startup_delay_seconds);
+    zx_nanosleep(zx_deadline_after(duration));
+
+    ResultsSet results;
+    // Just run each test 10 times to make the output easy to understand.
+    RunTests(g_tests, 10, args.filter_regex, stdout, &results);
+    return results.take_results();
+}
+
 bool RunTests(TestList* test_list, uint32_t run_count, const char* regex_string,
               FILE* log_stream, ResultsSet* results_set) {
     // Compile the regular expression.