diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5a4e85a..6e6d3f0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "third_party/googletest"]
 	path = third_party/googletest
 	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
+[submodule "third_party/benchmark"]
+	path = third_party/benchmark
+	url = https://github.com/google/benchmark
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ae9b0f7..2cb2296 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ if(LEVELDB_BUILD_TESTS)
   # This project is tested using GoogleTest.
   add_subdirectory("third_party/googletest")
 
+  add_subdirectory("third_party/benchmark")
+
   # GoogleTest triggers a missing field initializers warning.
   if(LEVELDB_HAVE_NO_MISSING_FIELD_INITIALIZERS)
     set_property(TARGET gtest
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ if(LEVELDB_BUILD_TESTS)
 
         "${test_file}"
     )
-    target_link_libraries("${test_target_name}" leveldb gmock gtest)
+    target_link_libraries("${test_target_name}" leveldb gmock gtest benchmark)
     target_compile_definitions("${test_target_name}"
       PRIVATE
         ${LEVELDB_PLATFORM_NAME}=1
diff --git a/third_party/benchmark b/third_party/benchmark
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..bf585a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/benchmark
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bf585a2789e30585b4e3ce6baf11ef2750b54677