diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a2d3ff2a29..f04fd4ac53 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ src/libupb.a: $(OBJ)
 	ar rcs src/libupb.a $(OBJ)
 tests/test_table: src/libupb.a
 tools/upbc: src/libupb.a
-benchmark/benchmark: src/libupb.a benchmark/google_messages.pb.h benchmark/google_messages.pb.o -lm
+benchmark/benchmark: src/libupb.a benchmark/google_messages.pb.h benchmark/google_messages.pb.o
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) -o benchmark/benchmark benchmark/google_messages.pb.o benchmark/benchmark.cc src/libupb.a -lm -lprotobuf -lpthread
 benchmark/google_messages.pb.h benchmark/google_messages.pb: benchmark/google_messages.proto
 	protoc benchmark/google_messages.proto --cpp_out=. -obenchmark/google_messages.proto.pb