diff --git a/scripts/booster-analysis.sh b/scripts/booster-analysis.sh
index 5716075c..fb4c5509 100755
--- a/scripts/booster-analysis.sh
+++ b/scripts/booster-analysis.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export LOG_DIR=${LOG_DIR:-"$BUG_REPORT_DIR-logs"}
 mkdir -p $LOG_DIR
 
 K_VERSION=$(cat $SCRIPT_DIR/../deps/k_release)
-export PATH="$(nix build github:runtimeverification/k/v$K_VERSION#k.openssl.procps --no-link  --print-build-logs --json | jq -r '.[].outputs | to_entries[].value')/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH="$(nix build github:runtimeverification/k/v$K_VERSION#k.openssl.procps.secp256k1 --no-link  --print-build-logs --json | jq -r '.[].outputs | to_entries[].value')/bin:$PATH"
 PLUGIN_VERSION=$(cat $SCRIPT_DIR/../deps/blockchain-k-plugin_release)
 export PLUGIN_DIR=$(nix build github:runtimeverification/blockchain-k-plugin/$PLUGIN_VERSION --no-link --json | jq -r '.[].outputs | to_entries[].value')
 
diff --git a/scripts/performance-tests-mx.sh b/scripts/performance-tests-mx.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a4c9f9d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/performance-tests-mx.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Disable the Python keyring, otherwise poetry sometimes asks for password. See
+#  https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7883
+export PYTHON_KEYRING_BACKEND=keyring.backends.null.Keyring
+
+MX_VERSION=${MX_VERSION:-'master'}
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+
+MASTER_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse origin/main)"
+MASTER_COMMIT_SHORT="$(git rev-parse --short origin/main)"
+
+FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME=${FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME:-"$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"}
+FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME="${FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME//\//-}"
+
+PYTEST_PARALLEL=${PYTEST_PARALLEL:-3}
+
+if [[ $FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME == "master" ]]; then
+  FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME="feature"
+fi
+
+# Create a temporary directory and store its name in a variable.
+TEMPD=$(mktemp -d)
+
+# Exit if the temp directory wasn't created successfully.
+if [ ! -e "$TEMPD" ]; then
+    >&2 echo "Failed to create temp directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Make sure the temp directory gets removed and kore-rpc-booster gets killed on script exit.
+trap "exit 1"           HUP INT PIPE QUIT TERM
+trap 'rm -rf "$TEMPD" && killall kore-rpc-booster || echo "No zombie processes found"'  EXIT
+
+feature_shell() {
+  GC_DONT_GC=1 nix develop . --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' --override-input k-framework/booster-backend $SCRIPT_DIR/../ --command bash -c "$1"
+}
+
+master_shell() {
+  GC_DONT_GC=1 nix develop . --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' --override-input k-framework/booster-backend github:runtimeverification/hs-backend-booster/$MASTER_COMMIT --command bash -c "$1"
+}
+
+cd $TEMPD
+git clone --depth 1 --branch $MX_VERSION https://github.com/runtimeverification/mx-backend.git
+cd mx-backend
+
+if [[ $MX_VERSION == "master" ]]; then
+  MX_VERSION=$(git name-rev --tags --name-only $(git rev-parse HEAD))
+else
+  MX_VERSION="${MX_VERSION//\//-}"
+fi
+
+git submodule update --init --recursive --depth 1 kmxwasm/k-src/mx-semantics/
+
+BUG_REPORT=''
+POSITIONAL_ARGS=()
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    --bug-report)
+      mkdir -p $SCRIPT_DIR/bug-reports/mx-$MX_VERSION-$FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME
+      BUG_REPORT="--bug-report --bug-report-dir $SCRIPT_DIR/bug-reports/mx-$MX_VERSION-$FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME"
+      shift # past argument
+      ;;
+    -*|--*)
+      echo "Unknown option $1"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+    *)
+      POSITIONAL_ARGS+=("$1") # save positional arg
+      shift # past argument
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+set -- "${POSITIONAL_ARGS[@]}" # restore positional parameters
+
+
+feature_shell "poetry -C kmxwasm install && make -C kmxwasm kbuild-haskell"
+
+
+mkdir -p $SCRIPT_DIR/logs
+
+feature_shell "make -C kmxwasm test-booster TEST_ARGS='$BUG_REPORT' && make -C kmxwasm test-integration TEST_ARGS='$BUG_REPORT' | tee $SCRIPT_DIR/logs/mx-$MX_VERSION-$FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME.log"
+killall kore-rpc-booster || echo "No zombie processes found"
+
+if [ -z "$BUG_REPORT" ]; then
+if [ ! -e "$SCRIPT_DIR/logs/mx-$MX_VERSION-master-$MASTER_COMMIT_SHORT.log" ]; then
+  master_shell "make -C kmxwasm test-booster && make -C kmxwasm test-integration | tee $SCRIPT_DIR/logs/mx-$MX_VERSION-master-$MASTER_COMMIT_SHORT.log"
+  killall kore-rpc-booster || echo "No zombie processes found"
+fi
+
+cd $SCRIPT_DIR
+python3 compare.py logs/mx-$MX_VERSION-$FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME.log logs/mx-$MX_VERSION-master-$MASTER_COMMIT_SHORT.log > logs/mx-$MX_VERSION-master-$MASTER_COMMIT_SHORT-$FEATURE_BRANCH_NAME-compare
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/run-with-tarball.sh b/scripts/run-with-tarball.sh
index d0570e53..0019d8ba 100755
--- a/scripts/run-with-tarball.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-with-tarball.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ client=${CLIENT:-$booster/.build/booster/bin/kore-rpc-client}
 log_dir=${LOG_DIR:-.}
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+# needed for the MX backend otherwise llvm-backend-matching crashes
+export K_OPTS="$K_OPTS -Xmx16384m"
 
 nix_shell() {
   GC_DONT_GC=1 nix develop $SCRIPT_DIR/..#cabal --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' --command bash -c "$1"
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ if [ -z "${LLVM_LIB}" ]; then
     #generate matching data
     (cd $TEMPD && mkdir -p dt && llvm-kompile-matching llvm-definition.kore qbaL ./dt 1/2)
     # find library dependencies and source files
-    for lib in libff libcryptopp libsecp256k1; do
+    for lib in libff libcryptopp blake2; do
         LIBFILE=$(find ${PLUGIN_DIR} -name "${lib}.a" | head -1)
         [ -z "$LIBFILE" ] && (echo "[Error] Unable to locate ${lib}.a"; exit 1)
         PLUGIN_LIBS+="$LIBFILE "