diff --git a/bench/meson.build b/bench/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..540cfb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+libpng = dependency('libpng', required: false)
+
+if libpng.found()
+	executable(
+		'zrle-bench',
+		[
+			'zrle-bench.c',
+			'../src/zrle.c',
+			'../src/pngfb.c',
+			'../src/pixels.c',
+			'../src/vec.c',
+		],
+		dependencies: [
+			neatvnc_dep,
+			pixman,
+			aml,
+			libpng,
+		]
+	)
+endif
diff --git a/bench/zrle-bench.c b/bench/zrle-bench.c
index 8e845ed..8048606 100644
--- a/bench/zrle-bench.c
+++ b/bench/zrle-bench.c
@@ -16,35 +16,35 @@
 
 #include "zrle.h"
 #include "rfb-proto.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #include "vec.h"
 #include "neatvnc.h"
-#include "miniz.h"
+#include "pixels.h"
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <libdrm/drm_fourcc.h>
 #include <pixman.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
-uint64_t gettime_us(clockid_t clock)
+static uint64_t gettime_us(clockid_t clock)
 {
 	struct timespec ts = { 0 };
 	clock_gettime(clock, &ts);
 	return ts.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec / 1000ULL;
 }
 
-#pragma push_options
+#pragma GCC push_options
 #pragma GCC optimize ("-O0")
-void memcpy_unoptimized(void* dst, const void* src, size_t len)
+static void memcpy_unoptimized(void* dst, const void* src, size_t len)
 {
 	memcpy(dst, src, len);
 }
-#pragma pop_options
+#pragma GCC pop_options
 
 struct nvnc_fb* read_png_file(const char *filename);
 
-int run_benchmark(const char *image)
+static int run_benchmark(const char *image)
 {
 	int rc = -1;
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8c02ef3..72bc7b1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ if get_option('examples')
 	subdir('examples')
 endif
 
+if get_option('benchmarks')
+	subdir('bench')
+endif
+
 install_headers('include/neatvnc.h')
 
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index d42fcdc..1c2eff6 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+option('benchmarks', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Build benchmarks')
 option('examples', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Build examples')
 option('tight-encoding', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable Tight encoding')
 option('tls', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable encryption & authentication')
diff --git a/src/pngfb.c b/src/pngfb.c
index 1ab0138..4661c79 100644
--- a/src/pngfb.c
+++ b/src/pngfb.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <libdrm/drm_fourcc.h>
 
+struct nvnc_fb* read_png_file(const char* filename);
+
 struct nvnc_fb* read_png_file(const char* filename)
 {
 	int width, height;