diff --git a/src/ctl.c b/src/ctl.c
index 9cfb2588..aec3473e 100644
--- a/src/ctl.c
+++ b/src/ctl.c
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ CTL_PROTO(experimental_arenas_i_pactivep)
 INDEX_PROTO(experimental_arenas_i)
 CTL_PROTO(experimental_prof_recent_alloc_max)
 CTL_PROTO(experimental_prof_recent_alloc_dump)
+CTL_PROTO(experimental_batch_alloc)
 
 #define MUTEX_STATS_CTL_PROTO_GEN(n)					\
 CTL_PROTO(stats_##n##_num_ops)						\
@@ -675,7 +676,8 @@ static const ctl_named_node_t experimental_node[] = {
 	{NAME("hooks"),		CHILD(named, experimental_hooks)},
 	{NAME("utilization"),	CHILD(named, experimental_utilization)},
 	{NAME("arenas"),	CHILD(indexed, experimental_arenas)},
-	{NAME("prof_recent"),	CHILD(named, experimental_prof_recent)}
+	{NAME("prof_recent"),	CHILD(named, experimental_prof_recent)},
+	{NAME("batch_alloc"),	CTL(experimental_batch_alloc)}
 };
 
 static const ctl_named_node_t	root_node[] = {
@@ -3637,3 +3639,31 @@ experimental_prof_recent_alloc_dump_ctl(tsd_t *tsd, const size_t *mib,
 label_return:
 	return ret;
 }
+
+typedef struct batch_alloc_packet_s batch_alloc_packet_t;
+struct batch_alloc_packet_s {
+	void **ptrs;
+	size_t num;
+	size_t size;
+	int flags;
+};
+
+static int
+experimental_batch_alloc_ctl(tsd_t *tsd, const size_t *mib,
+    size_t miblen, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp, void *newp, size_t newlen) {
+	int ret;
+
+	VERIFY_READ(size_t);
+
+	batch_alloc_packet_t batch_alloc_packet;
+	ASSURED_WRITE(batch_alloc_packet, batch_alloc_packet_t);
+	size_t filled = batch_alloc(batch_alloc_packet.ptrs,
+	    batch_alloc_packet.num, batch_alloc_packet.size,
+	    batch_alloc_packet.flags);
+	READ(filled, size_t);
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+label_return:
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/batch_alloc.c b/test/unit/batch_alloc.c
index 66e0565f..08d6f66a 100644
--- a/test/unit/batch_alloc.c
+++ b/test/unit/batch_alloc.c
@@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ release_batch(void **ptrs, size_t batch, size_t size) {
 	}
 }
 
+typedef struct batch_alloc_packet_s batch_alloc_packet_t;
+struct batch_alloc_packet_s {
+	void **ptrs;
+	size_t num;
+	size_t size;
+	int flags;
+};
+
+static size_t
+batch_alloc_wrapper(void **ptrs, size_t num, size_t size, int flags) {
+	batch_alloc_packet_t batch_alloc_packet = {ptrs, num, size, flags};
+	size_t filled;
+	size_t len = sizeof(size_t);
+	assert_d_eq(mallctl("experimental.batch_alloc", &filled, &len,
+	    &batch_alloc_packet, sizeof(batch_alloc_packet)), 0, "");
+	return filled;
+}
+
 static void
 test_wrapper(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool zero, unsigned arena_flag) {
 	tsd_t *tsd = tsd_fetch();
@@ -131,7 +149,8 @@ test_wrapper(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool zero, unsigned arena_flag) {
 			assert(batch < BATCH_MAX);
 			bin_stats_t stats_before, stats_after;
 			memcpy(&stats_before, &bin->stats, sizeof(bin_stats_t));
-			size_t filled = batch_alloc(ptrs, batch, size, flags);
+			size_t filled = batch_alloc_wrapper(ptrs, batch, size,
+			    flags);
 			assert_zu_eq(filled, batch, "");
 			memcpy(&stats_after, &bin->stats, sizeof(bin_stats_t));
 			verify_stats(&stats_before, &stats_after, batch, nregs);