diff --git a/.docker/install-static-libs.sh b/.docker/install-static-libs.sh
index a7592115..6b3d02c0 100644
--- a/.docker/install-static-libs.sh
+++ b/.docker/install-static-libs.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ cd pkgs
 LIBARCHIVE_VERSION=3.7.2
 FILE_VERSION=5.45
 FLAC_VERSION=1.4.3
+# BENCHMARK_VERSION=1.8.2
 
 export CC=clang-16
 export CXX=clang++-16
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export CXX=clang++-16
 wget https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v${LIBARCHIVE_VERSION}/libarchive-${LIBARCHIVE_VERSION}.tar.xz
 wget ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${FILE_VERSION}.tar.gz
 wget https://github.com/xiph/flac/releases/download/${FLAC_VERSION}/flac-${FLAC_VERSION}.tar.xz
+# wget https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/refs/tags/v${BENCHMARK_VERSION}.tar.gz
 
 tar xf libarchive-${LIBARCHIVE_VERSION}.tar.xz
 cd libarchive-${LIBARCHIVE_VERSION}
@@ -37,5 +39,14 @@ cd flac-${FLAC_VERSION}
 make -j$(nproc)
 make install
 
+# cd "$HOME/pkgs"
+# tar xf v${BENCHMARK_VERSION}.tar.gz
+# cd benchmark-${BENCHMARK_VERSION}
+# mkdir build
+# cd build
+# cmake .. -DBENCHMARK_DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCIES=1 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/static-libs
+# make -j$(nproc)
+# make install
+
 cd "$HOME"
 rm -rf pkgs
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9dedbf76..354d795c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -623,11 +623,13 @@ if(WITH_TESTS)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_BENCHMARKS)
-  pkg_check_modules(BENCHMARK IMPORTED_TARGET benchmark)
-  if(BENCHMARK_FOUND)
-    add_executable(dwarfs_benchmark test/dwarfs_benchmark.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(dwarfs_benchmark test_helpers PkgConfig::BENCHMARK)
-    list(APPEND BINARY_TARGETS dwarfs_benchmark)
+  if(NOT STATIC_BUILD_DO_NOT_USE)
+    pkg_check_modules(BENCHMARK IMPORTED_TARGET benchmark)
+    if(BENCHMARK_FOUND)
+      add_executable(dwarfs_benchmark test/dwarfs_benchmark.cpp)
+      target_link_libraries(dwarfs_benchmark test_helpers PkgConfig::BENCHMARK)
+      list(APPEND BINARY_TARGETS dwarfs_benchmark)
+    endif()
   endif()
 
   add_executable(segmenter_benchmark test/segmenter_benchmark.cpp)