diff --git a/cli/bench/main.rs b/cli/bench/main.rs
index cfbc44e8cb..68f4c6ce3a 100644
--- a/cli/bench/main.rs
+++ b/cli/bench/main.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ const EXEC_TIME_BENCHMARKS: &[(&str, &[&str], Option<i32>)] = &[
       "check",
       "--reload",
       "--unstable",
+      "--config",
+      "tests/config/deno.json",
       "tests/util/std/http/file_server_test.ts",
     ],
     None,
@@ -135,6 +137,8 @@ const EXEC_TIME_BENCHMARKS: &[(&str, &[&str], Option<i32>)] = &[
       "--reload",
       "--no-check",
       "--unstable",
+      "--config",
+      "tests/config/deno.json",
       "tests/util/std/http/file_server_test.ts",
     ],
     None,
@@ -144,6 +148,8 @@ const EXEC_TIME_BENCHMARKS: &[(&str, &[&str], Option<i32>)] = &[
     &[
       "bundle",
       "--unstable",
+      "--config",
+      "tests/config/deno.json",
       "tests/util/std/http/file_server_test.ts",
     ],
     None,
@@ -154,6 +160,8 @@ const EXEC_TIME_BENCHMARKS: &[(&str, &[&str], Option<i32>)] = &[
       "bundle",
       "--no-check",
       "--unstable",
+      "--config",
+      "tests/config/deno.json",
       "tests/util/std/http/file_server_test.ts",
     ],
     None,
@@ -320,6 +328,8 @@ fn bundle_benchmark(deno_exe: &Path) -> Result<HashMap<String, i64>> {
         deno_exe.to_str().unwrap(),
         "bundle",
         "--unstable",
+        "--config",
+        "tests/config/deno.json",
         url,
         &path,
       ],