diff --git a/benchmarks/bench.sh b/benchmarks/bench.sh
index 7158e0eba8f4..8291ad462ef4 100755
--- a/benchmarks/bench.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/bench.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 # Set Defaults
 COMMAND=data
 BENCHMARK=all
+DATAFUSION_DIR=${DATAFUSION_DIR:-$SCRIPT_DIR/..}
 DATA_DIR=${DATA_DIR:-$SCRIPT_DIR/data}
-BRANCH_NAME=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+BRANCH_NAME=$(cd ${DATAFUSION_DIR} && git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 BRANCH_NAME=${BRANCH_NAME//\//_} # mind blowing syntax to replace / with _
 RESULTS_DIR=${RESULTS_DIR:-"$SCRIPT_DIR/results/$BRANCH_NAME"}
 #CARGO_COMMAND=$CARGO_COMMAND:"cargo run --release"}
@@ -49,7 +50,11 @@ Usage: $0 <command> [benchmark]
 Examples:
 **********
 
-./bench.sh gen # Create the datasets for all benchmarks in $DATA_DIR
+# Create the datasets for all benchmarks in $DATA_DIR
+./bench.sh data
+
+# Run the 'tpch' benchmark on the datafusion checkout in /source/arrow-datafusion
+DATAFASION_DIR=/source/arrow-datafusion ./bench.sh run tpch
 
 **********
 * Commands
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ main() {
     echo "DataFusion Benchmark Script"
     echo "COMMAND: ${COMMAND}"
     echo "BENCHMARK: ${BENCHMARK}"
+    echo "DATAFUSION_DIR: ${DATAFUSION_DIR}"
     echo "BRACH_NAME: ${BRANCH_NAME}"
     echo "DATA_DIR: ${DATA_DIR}"
     echo "RESULTS_DIR: ${RESULTS_DIR}"
@@ -145,6 +151,8 @@ main() {
             esac
             ;;
         run)
+            # navigate to the appropriate checkout
+            pushd "${DATAFUSION_DIR}/benchmarks"
             mkdir -p "${RESULTS_DIR}"
             case "$BENCHMARK" in
                 all)
@@ -161,6 +169,7 @@ main() {
                     usage
                     ;;
             esac
+            popd "${DATAFUSION_DIR}/benchmarks"
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Error: unknown command: $COMMAND"