diff --git a/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/KotlinNativeBenchmarkingPlugin.kt b/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/KotlinNativeBenchmarkingPlugin.kt
index 7a1b0df165d..1ec9172a7ec 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/KotlinNativeBenchmarkingPlugin.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/KotlinNativeBenchmarkingPlugin.kt
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ open class KotlinNativeBenchmarkingPlugin: BenchmarkingPlugin() {
     override fun NamedDomainObjectContainer<KotlinSourceSet>.additionalConfigurations(project: Project) {
         jvmMain.dependencies {
             implementation(project.files("${project.findProperty("kotlin_dist")}/kotlinc/lib/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8.jar"))
-            val cliJvmJar = "${project.currentKotlinNativeDist}/libs/kotlinx.cli-jvm-${project.kotlinVersion}.jar"
-            implementation(project.files(cliJvmJar))
+            if (project.hasProperty("kotlin_dist"))
+                implementation(project(":endorsedLibraries:kotlinx.cli"))
         }
     }