diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 710ce7e..3fe9e73 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ install:
 	LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; \
 	$(MAKE) -r PARALLELMFLAGS="$(PARALLELMFLAGS)" -C $(srcdir) objdir=`pwd` $@
 
-bench bench-clean:
+bench bench-clean bench-build:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(srcdir)/benchtests $(PARALLELMFLAGS) objdir=`pwd` $@
 
 # Convenience target to rebuild ULPs for all math tests.
diff --git a/Rules b/Rules
index 4f9cdf3..42d0368 100644
--- a/Rules
+++ b/Rules
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ common-generated += dummy.o dummy.c
 
 # This makes all the auxiliary and test programs.
 
-.PHONY: others tests bench
+.PHONY: others tests bench bench-build
 
 ifeq ($(build-programs),yes)
 others: $(addprefix $(objpfx),$(others) $(sysdep-others) $(extra-objs))
diff --git a/benchtests/Makefile b/benchtests/Makefile
index fd3036d..7cbceaa 100644
--- a/benchtests/Makefile
+++ b/benchtests/Makefile
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ bench-clean:
 
 bench: $(timing-type) $(gen-locales) bench-set bench-func bench-malloc
 
+bench-build: bench-set-build bench-func-build
+bench-set-build: $(binaries-benchset)
+bench-func-build: $(binaries-bench) $(binaries-bench-malloc)
+
 bench-set: $(binaries-benchset)
 	for run in $^; do \
 	  echo "Running $${run}"; \