diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e1986655afe15e2c5251f11e672c6c57cd19425..748a9ae3c8fb3bb3ed72b689d4e85d3d2dab4f76 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ if(KLEIDIAI_BUILD_BENCHMARK)
         set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING TRUE CACHE INTERNAL "")
         set(HAVE_POSIX_REGEX FALSE CACHE INTERNAL "")
     endif()
+
+    set(BENCHMARK_DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCIES "OFF")
+    set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_GTEST_TESTS "OFF")
+
     include(FetchGBench)
 
     add_executable(kleidiai_benchmark