diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 391a0cf1..c3370bcd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -751,14 +751,14 @@ endif()
 
 if(WITH_BENCHMARKS)
   if(NOT STATIC_BUILD_DO_NOT_USE)
-    pkg_check_modules(BENCHMARK IMPORTED_TARGET benchmark)
-    if(BENCHMARK_FOUND)
+    find_package(benchmark)
+    if(benchmark_FOUND)
       add_executable(dwarfs_benchmark test/dwarfs_benchmark.cpp)
-      target_link_libraries(dwarfs_benchmark test_helpers PkgConfig::BENCHMARK)
+      target_link_libraries(dwarfs_benchmark test_helpers benchmark::benchmark)
       list(APPEND BINARY_TARGETS dwarfs_benchmark)
 
       add_executable(multiversioning_benchmark test/multiversioning_benchmark.cpp)
-      target_link_libraries(multiversioning_benchmark test_helpers PkgConfig::BENCHMARK)
+      target_link_libraries(multiversioning_benchmark test_helpers benchmark::benchmark)
       list(APPEND BINARY_TARGETS multiversioning_benchmark)
     endif()
   endif()
diff --git a/ricepp/CMakeLists.txt b/ricepp/CMakeLists.txt
index 72ecea83..5b860776 100644
--- a/ricepp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ricepp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ target_compile_features(ricepp PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 # target_link_libraries(ricepp_demo PRIVATE ricepp fmt)
 
 if(WITH_BENCHMARKS)
-  find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-  pkg_check_modules(BENCHMARK IMPORTED_TARGET benchmark)
-  if(BENCHMARK_FOUND)
+  find_package(benchmark)
+  if(benchmark_FOUND)
     add_executable(ricepp_benchmark ricepp_benchmark.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(ricepp_benchmark ricepp PkgConfig::BENCHMARK)
+    target_link_libraries(ricepp_benchmark ricepp benchmark::benchmark)
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 7eb914e5..fe1de759 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "dependencies": [
+    "benchmark",
     "boost-asio",
     "boost-chrono",
     "boost-context",