diff --git a/spec/integration/syntax_suggest_spec.rb b/spec/integration/syntax_suggest_spec.rb
index 9071d37..015d088 100644
--- a/spec/integration/syntax_suggest_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/syntax_suggest_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 module SyntaxSuggest
   RSpec.describe "Integration tests that don't spawn a process (like using the cli)" do
+    before(:each) do
+      skip "Benchmark is not available" unless defined?(::Benchmark)
+    end
+
     it "does not timeout on massive files" do
       next unless ENV["SYNTAX_SUGGEST_TIMEOUT"]
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 89bc9f4..b5d2924 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 require "bundler/setup"
 require "syntax_suggest/api"
 
-require "benchmark"
+begin
+  require "benchmark"
+rescue LoadError
+end
 require "tempfile"
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|