diff --git a/aws-lc-rs/Cargo.toml b/aws-lc-rs/Cargo.toml
index 9b110e9eb7b..b58c39ed9a9 100644
--- a/aws-lc-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aws-lc-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ default = ["aws-lc-sys", "alloc", "ring-io", "ring-sig-verify"]
 ring-io = ["dep:untrusted"]
 ring-sig-verify = ["dep:untrusted"]
 ring-benchmarks = []
+openssl-benchmarks = []
 bindgen = ["aws-lc-sys?/bindgen", "aws-lc-fips-sys?/bindgen"]
 asan = ["aws-lc-sys?/asan", "aws-lc-fips-sys?/asan"]
 
diff --git a/aws-lc-rs/benches/cipher_benchmark.rs b/aws-lc-rs/benches/cipher_benchmark.rs
index ee9d1075c04..c50d1986206 100644
--- a/aws-lc-rs/benches/cipher_benchmark.rs
+++ b/aws-lc-rs/benches/cipher_benchmark.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ use aws_lc_rs::cipher::{
 };
 use aws_lc_rs::{test, test_file};
 use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+#[cfg(feature = "openssl-benchmarks")]
 use openssl::symm::Cipher;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "openssl-benchmarks")]
 macro_rules! openssl_bench {
     ($group:ident, $openssl: expr, $key:ident, $iv:ident, $data:ident) => {
         $group.bench_function("OpenSSL", |b| {
@@ -18,6 +20,13 @@ macro_rules! openssl_bench {
     };
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "openssl-benchmarks"))]
+macro_rules! openssl_bench {
+    ($group:ident, $openssl: expr, $key:ident, $iv:ident, $data:ident) => {
+        // NO-OP
+    };
+}
+
 macro_rules! benchmark_padded {
     ($fn:ident, $test:literal, $file:literal, $awslc:expr, $mode:expr, $openssl:expr) => {
         fn $fn(c: &mut Criterion) {