diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1e21b5cc2fe..9ead6675ade 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ gx-workspace-update.json
 bin/gx
 bin/gx*
 bin/tmp
+bin/gocovmerge
+bin/cover
 
 
 vendor
diff --git a/bin/collect-profiles.sh b/bin/collect-profiles.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1f80cd32c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/collect-profiles.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -x
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+HTTP_API="${1:-localhost:5001}"
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+export PPROF_TMPDIR="$tmpdir"
+pushd "$tmpdir"
+
+echo Collecting goroutine stacks
+curl -o goroutines.stacks "http://$HTTP_API"'/debug/pprof/goroutine?debug=2'
+
+echo Collecting goroutine profile
+go tool pprof -symbolize=remote -svg -output goroutine.svg "http://$HTTP_API/debug/pprof/goroutine"
+
+echo Collecting heap profile
+go tool pprof -symbolize=remote -svg -output heap.svg "http://$HTTP_API/debug/pprof/heap"
+
+echo "Collecting cpu profile (~30s)"
+go tool pprof -symbolize=remote -svg -output cpu.svg "http://$HTTP_API/debug/pprof/profile"
+
+echo "Enabling mutex profiling"
+curl -X POST -v "http://$HTTP_API"'/debug/pprof-mutex/?fraction=4'
+
+echo "Waiting for mutex data to be updated (30s)"
+sleep 30
+curl -o mutex.txt "http://$HTTP_API"'/debug/pprof/mutex?debug=2'
+go tool pprof -symbolize=remote -svg -output mutex.svg "http://$HTTP_API/debug/pprof/mutex"
+echo "Disabling mutex profiling"
+curl -X POST -v "http://$HTTP_API"'/debug/pprof-mutex/?fraction=0'
+
+popd
+tar cvzf "./ipfs-profile-$(uname -n)-$(date -Iseconds).tar.gz" -C "$tmpdir" .
+rm -rf "$tmpdir"
+
+
+
+