diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/BaseTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/BaseTest.java
index fe297a68e..5aeadfd10 100755
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/BaseTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/BaseTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTest {
     protected static String oneKGLocation = "/broad/1KG/";
     protected static String GATKDataLocation = "/humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/data/";
     protected static String validationDataLocation = GATKDataLocation + "Validation_Data/";
+    protected static String evaluationDataLocation = GATKDataLocation + "Evaluation_Data/";
 
     protected static String testDir = "testdata/";
     protected static boolean alreadySetup = false;
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/RecalibrationWalkersPerformanceTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/RecalibrationWalkersPerformanceTest.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d9340e8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/RecalibrationWalkersPerformanceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.recalibration;
+
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.WalkerTest;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class RecalibrationWalkersPerformanceTest extends WalkerTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCountCovariatesWholeGenome() {
+        WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
+                "-R " + seqLocation + "references/Homo_sapiens_assembly18/v0/Homo_sapiens_assembly18.fasta" +
+                        " -T CountCovariates" +
+                        " -I " + evaluationDataLocation + "NA12878.GAII.chr1.50MB.bam" +
+                        " -L chr1:1-50,000,000" +
+                        " -standard" +
+                        " -OQ" +
+                        " -recalFile /dev/null",
+                0,
+                new ArrayList(0));
+        executeTest("testCountCovariatesWholeGenome", spec);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCountCovariatesWholeExome() {
+        WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
+                "-R " + seqLocation + "references/Homo_sapiens_assembly18/v0/Homo_sapiens_assembly18.fasta" +
+                        " -T CountCovariates" +
+                        " -I " + evaluationDataLocation + "NA12878.ESP.WEx.chr1.bam" +
+                        " -L " + evaluationDataLocation + "whole_exome_agilent_designed_120.targets.chr1.interval_list" +
+                        " -standard" +
+                        " -OQ" +
+                        " -recalFile /dev/null",
+                0,
+                new ArrayList(0));
+        executeTest("testCountCovariatesWholeExome", spec);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTableRecalibratorWholeGenome() {
+        WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
+                "-R " + seqLocation + "references/Homo_sapiens_assembly18/v0/Homo_sapiens_assembly18.fasta" +
+                        " -T TableRecalibration" +
+                        " -I " + evaluationDataLocation + "NA12878.GAII.chr1.50MB.bam" +
+                        " -L chr1:1-50,000,000" +
+                        " -OQ" +
+                        " -recalFile " + evaluationDataLocation + "NA12878.GAII.chr1.50MB.recal.csv" +
+                        " -outputBam /dev/null",
+                0,
+                new ArrayList(0));
+        executeTest("testTableRecalibratorWholeGenome", spec);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTableRecalibratorWholeExome() {
+        WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
+                "-R " + seqLocation + "references/Homo_sapiens_assembly18/v0/Homo_sapiens_assembly18.fasta" +
+                        " -T TableRecalibration" +
+                        " -I " + evaluationDataLocation + "NA12878.ESP.WEx.chr1.bam" +
+                        " -L " + evaluationDataLocation + "whole_exome_agilent_designed_120.targets.chr1.interval_list" +
+                        " -OQ" +
+                        " -recalFile " + evaluationDataLocation + "NA12878.ESP.WEx.chr1.recal.csv" +
+                        " -outputBam /dev/null",
+                0,
+                new ArrayList(0));
+        executeTest("testTableRecalibratorWholeExome", spec);
+    }
+}
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