diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 1f8c6505343..d31679c7b80 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ stages:
           targetArch: arm64
           targetPlatform: arm64ec
           analyzeBuild: true
+          buildBenchmarks: true
           numShards: 1
           skipTesting: true
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 338f9c6a239..719d7deec21 100644
--- a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ if(DEFINED STL_BINARY_DIR)
         set(VCLIBS_I386_OR_AMD64 "arm")
     elseif(VCLIBS_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "arm64")
         set(VCLIBS_I386_OR_AMD64 "arm64")
+    elseif(VCLIBS_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "arm64ec")
+        set(VCLIBS_I386_OR_AMD64 "arm64ec")
+        add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:/arm64EC>)
+        add_link_options("/machine:arm64ec")
+        set(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS "/machine:arm64ec")
     else()
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not determine target architecture: VCLIBS_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE: ${VCLIBS_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}")
     endif()