diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 23838143fa40159f563e0ac1e22224e52414ddb8..8c7747b2c0433a73bdba93a5ee9c6bf14374a8ad 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -63,6 +63,26 @@
         "kind": "build"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "label": "Build KleidiCV benchmarks",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/build.sh",
+      "problemMatcher": "$gcc",
+      "args": [
+        "kleidicv-benchmark"
+      ],
+      "options": {
+        "env": {
+          "BUILD_ID": "kleidicv-benchmark",
+          "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS": "--target=aarch64-linux-gnu",
+          "CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS": "--rtlib=compiler-rt -static -fuse-ld=lld",
+          "EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS": "-DKLEIDICV_LIMIT_SME2_TO_SELECTED_ALGORITHMS=OFF -DKLEIDICV_LIMIT_SVE2_TO_SELECTED_ALGORITHMS=OFF -DKLEIDICV_BENCHMARK=ON"
+        }
+      },
+      "group": {
+        "kind": "build"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "label": "Clean build directory",
       "type": "shell",