diff --git a/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/BenchmarkingPlugin.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/BenchmarkingPlugin.kt
index 2a18d59d75a..37e06088fa3 100644
--- a/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/BenchmarkingPlugin.kt
+++ b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/BenchmarkingPlugin.kt
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ open class BenchmarkingPlugin: Plugin<Project> {
 
     private fun Project.configureNativeTarget(hostPreset: KotlinNativeTargetPreset) {
         kotlin.targetFromPreset(hostPreset, NATIVE_TARGET_NAME) {
-            compilations.getByName("main").kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs = project.compilerArgs
+            compilations.getByName("main").kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs = project.compilerArgs + listOf("-l", "kotlinx-cli")
             binaries.executable(NATIVE_EXECUTABLE_NAME, listOf(RELEASE)) {
                 if (HostManager.hostIsMingw) {
                     linkerOpts.add("-L${mingwPath}/lib")