diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 47e9eb99733..3df7e72c948 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ option(CUDF_BUILD_TESTUTIL "Whether to build the test utilities contained in lib
 mark_as_advanced(CUDF_BUILD_TESTUTIL)
 option(CUDF_USE_PROPRIETARY_NVCOMP "Download and use NVCOMP with proprietary extensions" ON)
 option(CUDF_USE_ARROW_STATIC "Build and statically link Arrow libraries" OFF)
+option(CUDF_USE_BENCHMARK_STATIC "Build and statically link GoogleBenchmark" OFF)
 option(CUDF_ENABLE_ARROW_ORC "Build the Arrow ORC adapter" OFF)
 option(CUDF_ENABLE_ARROW_PYTHON "Find (or build) Arrow with Python support" OFF)
 option(CUDF_ENABLE_ARROW_PARQUET "Find (or build) Arrow with Parquet support" OFF)
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ message(VERBOSE "CUDF: Configure CMake to build (google & nvbench) benchmarks: $
 message(VERBOSE "CUDF: Build cuDF shared libraries: ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}")
 message(VERBOSE "CUDF: Use a file cache for JIT compiled kernels: ${JITIFY_USE_CACHE}")
 message(VERBOSE "CUDF: Build and statically link Arrow libraries: ${CUDF_USE_ARROW_STATIC}")
+message(VERBOSE "CUDF: Build and statically link GoogleBenchmark: ${CUDF_USE_BENCHMARK_STATIC}")
 message(VERBOSE "CUDF: Build and enable S3 filesystem support for Arrow: ${CUDF_ENABLE_ARROW_S3}")
 message(VERBOSE "CUDF: Build with per-thread default stream: ${CUDF_USE_PER_THREAD_DEFAULT_STREAM}")
 message(
@@ -952,7 +954,7 @@ endif()
 if(CUDF_BUILD_BENCHMARKS)
   # Find or install GoogleBench
   include(${rapids-cmake-dir}/cpm/gbench.cmake)
-  rapids_cpm_gbench()
+  rapids_cpm_gbench(BUILD_STATIC ${CUDF_USE_BENCHMARK_STATIC})
 
   # Find or install nvbench
   include(cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake)