diff --git a/perf/meson.build b/perf/meson.build
index 92164e3ba..2588fe50a 100644
--- a/perf/meson.build
+++ b/perf/meson.build
@@ -7,10 +7,26 @@ benchmarks = [
   'benchmark-ot.cc',
   'benchmark-set.cc',
   'benchmark-shape.cc',
-  'benchmark-subset.cc',
 ]
 
 foreach source : benchmarks
+  benchmark_name = source.split('.')[0]
+  benchmark(benchmark_name, executable(benchmark_name, source,
+    dependencies: [
+      google_benchmark_dep, freetype_dep, coretext_deps,
+    ],
+    cpp_args: [],
+    include_directories: [incconfig, incsrc],
+    link_with: [libharfbuzz],
+    install: false,
+  ), workdir: meson.current_source_dir() / '..', timeout: 100)
+endforeach
+
+benchmarks_subset = [
+  'benchmark-subset.cc',
+]
+
+foreach source : benchmarks_subset
   benchmark_name = source.split('.')[0]
   benchmark(benchmark_name, executable(benchmark_name, source,
     dependencies: [