diff --git a/spec/syntax_suggest/integration/syntax_suggest_spec.rb b/spec/syntax_suggest/integration/syntax_suggest_spec.rb
index 9071d37c1b..d9772225af 100644
--- a/spec/syntax_suggest/integration/syntax_suggest_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/syntax_suggest/integration/syntax_suggest_spec.rb
@@ -235,5 +235,5 @@ module SyntaxSuggest
         end_is_missing_here
       EOM
     end
-  end
+  end if defined?(::Benchmark)
 end
diff --git a/spec/syntax_suggest/spec_helper.rb b/spec/syntax_suggest/spec_helper.rb
index 89bc9f4ab1..b5d2924e69 100644
--- a/spec/syntax_suggest/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/syntax_suggest/spec_helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 require "bundler/setup"
 require "syntax_suggest/api"
 
-require "benchmark"
+begin
+  require "benchmark"
+rescue LoadError
+end
 require "tempfile"
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|