diff --git a/.github/workflows/vs17-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/vs17-ci.yml
index 3b59805..0fe0bbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vs17-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vs17-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: configure
         run: |
-          cmake -S . -B build -G "${{matrix.gen}}" -A ${{matrix.arch}} -DFASTFLOAT_TEST=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=destination
+          cmake -S . -B build -G "${{matrix.gen}}" -A ${{matrix.arch}} -DFASTFLOAT_BENCHMARKS=ON  -DFASTFLOAT_TEST=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=destination
       - name: build
         run: |
           cmake --build build --verbose --config ${{matrix.cfg}} --parallel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vs17-clang-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/vs17-clang-ci.yml
index 20c1dea..f7e6ba8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vs17-clang-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vs17-clang-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Configure
         run: |
-          cmake -S . -B build -G "${{matrix.gen}}" -A ${{matrix.arch}} -T ClangCL -DFASTFLOAT_TEST=ON
+          cmake -S . -B build -G "${{matrix.gen}}" -A ${{matrix.arch}} -DFASTFLOAT_BENCHMARKS=ON -T ClangCL -DFASTFLOAT_TEST=ON
       - name: Build
         run: cmake --build build --config ${{matrix.cfg}} --parallel --verbose
       - name: Run basic tests
diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp b/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp
index 5645da2..8afcbef 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+#include "event_counter.h"
 #if defined(__linux__) || (__APPLE__ && __aarch64__)
 #define USING_COUNTERS
-#include "event_counter.h"
 #endif
 #include <algorithm>
 #include "fast_float/fast_float.h"