diff --git a/include/catch.hpp b/include/catch.hpp
index b63cc7fe..34130849 100644
--- a/include/catch.hpp
+++ b/include/catch.hpp
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
 #include "internal/catch_objc.hpp"
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CATCH_CONFIG_EXTERNAL_INTERFACES
+// Benchmarking needs the externally-facing parts of reporters to work
+#if defined(CATCH_CONFIG_EXTERNAL_INTERFACES) || defined(CATCH_CONFIG_ENABLE_BENCHMARKING)
 #include "internal/catch_external_interfaces.h"
 #endif