diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 393e303f..8aae30fe 100644
--- a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
-project(xlnt.benchmarks)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake/common.cmake)
+project(${LIBRARY_NAME}.benchmarks VERSION ${LIBRARY_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX)
 
-include_directories(${XLNT_INCLUDE_DIR})
+if(NOT COMBINED_PROJECT)
+    add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../source ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/source)
+endif()
 
-#add_executable(sample-basic ../samples/sample1.cpp)
-#add_executable(sample-decrypt ../samples/decrypt.cpp)
+include_directories(${LIBRARY_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
+file(GLOB SAMPLE_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp)
+
+if(NOT MSVC)
+    set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+endif()
+
+foreach(SAMPLE_SOURCE IN ITEMS ${SAMPLE_SOURCES})
+    get_filename_component(SAMPLE_NAME ${SAMPLE_SOURCE} NAME_WE)
+    set(SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE benchmark-${SAMPLE_NAME})
+    add_executable(${SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE} ${SAMPLE_SOURCE})
+    target_link_libraries(${SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE} ${LIBRARY_NAME})
+    if(NOT MSVC)
+        target_link_libraries(${SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE} Threads::Threads)
+    endif()
+endforeach()
+
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
diff --git a/benchmarks/files/large.xlsx b/benchmarks/data/large.xlsx
similarity index 100%
rename from benchmarks/files/large.xlsx
rename to benchmarks/data/large.xlsx
diff --git a/benchmarks/files/very_large.xlsx b/benchmarks/data/very_large.xlsx
similarity index 100%
rename from benchmarks/files/very_large.xlsx
rename to benchmarks/data/very_large.xlsx