diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b678cf37b..d735e1c437 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2019-04-25  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+	benchtests: Enable BIND_NOW if configured with --enable-bind-now.
+	* benchtests/Makefile [$(bind-now)] (link-bench-bind-now): Set.
+	(bench-link-targets): New variable.
+	($(binaries-bench) …): Use it.  Set LDFLAGS accordingly.
+
 2019-04-25  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
 
 	Also enable BIND_NOW for programs if --enable-bind-now.
diff --git a/benchtests/Makefile b/benchtests/Makefile
index c9dca7e011..b8ac9ead33 100644
--- a/benchtests/Makefile
+++ b/benchtests/Makefile
@@ -236,13 +236,21 @@ bench-func: $(binaries-bench)
 	  scripts/benchout.schema.json; \
 	fi
 
-$(timing-type) $(binaries-bench) $(binaries-benchset) \
-	$(binaries-bench-malloc): %: %.o $(objpfx)json-lib.o \
+ifeq ($(bind-now),yes)
+link-bench-bind-now = -Wl,-z,now
+endif
+
+bench-link-targets = $(timing-type) $(binaries-bench) $(binaries-benchset) \
+	$(binaries-bench-malloc)
+
+$(bench-link-targets): %: %.o $(objpfx)json-lib.o \
 	$(link-extra-libs-tests) \
   $(sort $(filter $(common-objpfx)lib%,$(link-libc))) \
   $(addprefix $(csu-objpfx),start.o) $(+preinit) $(+postinit)
 	$(+link-tests)
 
+$(bench-link-targets): LDFLAGS += $(link-bench-bind-now)
+
 $(objpfx)bench-%.c: %-inputs $(bench-deps)
 	{ if [ -n "$($*-INCLUDE)" ]; then \
 	  cat $($*-INCLUDE); \