diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/run-benchmarks.sh b/tests/benchmarks/run-benchmarks.sh
index f74bdf24..86f4bf68 100755
--- a/tests/benchmarks/run-benchmarks.sh
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/run-benchmarks.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,72 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-
 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" || exit
 
+# Check that Hyperfine is installed.
 if ! command -v hyperfine > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "'hyperfine' does not seem to be installed."
     echo "You can get it here: https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine"
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Determine the target directories.
+get_target_dir() {
+	if [[ -f "$HOME/.cargo/config" ]]; then
+		grep 'target-dir[[:space:]]*=' "$HOME/.cargo/config" \
+			| sed 's/^[[:space:]]*target-dir[[:space:]]*=//; s/^[[:space:]]*"//; s/"[[:space:]]*$//' \
+			&& return 0
+	fi
+	
+	echo "../../target"
+}
+
+TARGET_DIR="$(get_target_dir)"
+TARGET_DEBUG="${TARGET_DIR}/debug/bat"
+TARGET_RELEASE="${TARGET_DIR}/release/bat"
+
+# Determine which target to benchmark.
+BAT=''
+for arg in "$@"; do
+	case "$arg" in
+		--system)  BAT="bat" ;;
+		--debug)   BAT="$TARGET_DEBUG" ;;
+		--release) BAT="$TARGET_RELEASE" ;;
+		--bat=*)   BAT="${arg:6}" ;;
+	esac
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$BAT" ]]; then
+	echo "A build of 'bat' must be specified for benchmarking."
+	echo "You can use '--system', '--debug', or '--release'."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Ensure that the target is built.
+if ! command -v "$BAT" &>/dev/null; then
+	echo "Could not find the build of bat to benchmark."
+	case "$BAT" in
+		"bat")             echo "Make you sure to symlink 'batcat' as 'bat'." ;;
+		"$TARGET_DEBUG")   echo "Make you sure to 'cargo build' first." ;;
+		"$TARGET_RELEASE") echo "Make you sure to 'cargo build --release' first." ;;
+	esac
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Run the benchmark.
 echo "### Startup time"
 echo
 
-hyperfine --warmup 3 bat
+hyperfine --warmup 3 "$BAT"
 
 echo
 echo "### Plain text"
 echo
 
-hyperfine --warmup 3 "bat --language txt --paging=never 'test-src/jquery-3.3.1.js'"
+hyperfine --warmup 3 "$(printf "%q" "$BAT") --language txt --paging=never 'test-src/jquery-3.3.1.js'"
 
 echo
 echo "### Time to syntax-highlight large files"
 echo
 
 for SRC in test-src/*; do
-    hyperfine --warmup 3 "bat --style=full --color=always --paging=never '$SRC'"
+    hyperfine --warmup 3 "$(printf "%q" "$BAT") --style=full --color=always --paging=never $(printf "%q" "$SRC")"
 done