diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index eed5a42c32..3232c9530a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -102,10 +102,16 @@ commands:
 
   install-benchmark:
     steps:
+      - run:
+          name: Install ninja build
+          command: sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build
       - run:
           name: Install benchmark
           command: |
-            sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install -y libbenchmark-dev
+            git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.6.1 https://github.com/google/benchmark.git ~/benchmark
+            cd ~/benchmark && mkdir build && cd build
+            cmake .. -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_GTEST_TESTS=0
+            ninja && sudo ninja install
 
   upgrade-cmake:
     steps:
@@ -431,8 +437,8 @@ jobs:
     resource_class: xlarge
     steps:
       - pre-steps
-      - install-benchmark
       - run: sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test && sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install gcc-11 g++-11 libgflags-dev
+      - install-benchmark
       - run: CC=gcc-11 CXX=g++-11 V=1 make -j16 all microbench
       - post-steps
 
diff --git a/build_tools/build_detect_platform b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
index 4dc9dd31bc..3b5c817ea3 100755
--- a/build_tools/build_detect_platform
+++ b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ EOF
     fi
     if ! test $ROCKSDB_DISABLE_BENCHMARK; then
         # Test whether google benchmark is available
-        $CXX $PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS -x c++ - -o /dev/null -lbenchmark 2>/dev/null  <<EOF
+        $CXX $PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS -x c++ - -o /dev/null -lbenchmark -lpthread 2>/dev/null  <<EOF
           #include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
           int main() {}
 EOF