diff --git a/build/cmake/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88d9574af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/cmake/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#############################################################################
+# Name:        build/cmake/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+# Purpose:     CMake file for benchmarks
+# Author:      Maarten Bent
+# Created:     2021-02-07
+# Copyright:   (c) 2021 wxWidgets development team
+# Licence:     wxWindows licence
+#############################################################################
+
+add_subdirectory(bench)
+add_subdirectory(bench_graphics)
+add_subdirectory(bench_gui)
diff --git a/build/cmake/benchmarks/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/benchmarks/bench/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09e50edaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/cmake/benchmarks/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#############################################################################
+# Name:        build/cmake/benchmarks/bench/CMakeLists.txt
+# Purpose:     CMake file for benchmarks
+# Author:      Maarten Bent
+# Created:     2021-02-07
+# Copyright:   (c) 2021 wxWidgets development team
+# Licence:     wxWindows licence
+#############################################################################
+
+set(BENCH_SRC
+    bench.cpp
+    bench.h
+    datetime.cpp
+    htmlparser/htmlpars.cpp
+    htmlparser/htmlpars.h
+    htmlparser/htmltag.cpp
+    htmlparser/htmltag.h
+    ipcclient.cpp
+    log.cpp
+    mbconv.cpp
+    printfbench.cpp
+    strings.cpp
+    tls.cpp
+    )
+
+set(BENCH_DATA
+    htmltest.html
+    )
+
+wx_add_benchmark(bench CONSOLE ${BENCH_SRC} DATA ${BENCH_DATA})
+
+if(wxUSE_SOCKETS)
+    wx_exe_link_libraries(bench wxnet)
+endif()
diff --git a/build/cmake/benchmarks/bench_graphics/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/benchmarks/bench_graphics/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8609959ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/cmake/benchmarks/bench_graphics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#############################################################################
+# Name:        build/cmake/benchmarks/bench_graphics/CMakeLists.txt
+# Purpose:     CMake file for benchmarks
+# Author:      Maarten Bent
+# Created:     2021-02-07
+# Copyright:   (c) 2021 wxWidgets development team
+# Licence:     wxWindows licence
+#############################################################################
+
+set(BENCH_GRAPGICS_SRC
+    graphics.cpp
+    )
+
+wx_add_benchmark(bench_graphics CONSOLE_GUI ${BENCH_GRAPGICS_SRC})
+
+if(wxUSE_OPENGL)
+    wx_exe_link_libraries(bench_graphics wxgl)
+endif()
diff --git a/build/cmake/benchmarks/bench_gui/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/benchmarks/bench_gui/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7cf55ee57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/cmake/benchmarks/bench_gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#############################################################################
+# Name:        build/cmake/benchmarks/bench_gui/CMakeLists.txt
+# Purpose:     CMake file for benchmarks
+# Author:      Maarten Bent
+# Created:     2021-02-07
+# Copyright:   (c) 2021 wxWidgets development team
+# Licence:     wxWindows licence
+#############################################################################
+
+set(BENCH_GUI_SRC
+    bench.cpp
+    bench.h
+    display.cpp
+    image.cpp
+    )
+
+set(IMAGE_DATA
+    ../../samples/image/horse.bmp:horse.bmp
+    ../../samples/image/horse.jpg:horse.jpg
+    ../../samples/image/horse.png:horse.png
+    ../../samples/image/horse.tif:horse.tif
+    )
+
+wx_add_benchmark(bench_gui CONSOLE_GUI ${BENCH_GUI_SRC} DATA ${IMAGE_DATA})
diff --git a/build/cmake/functions.cmake b/build/cmake/functions.cmake
index 828f0ad7d0..1b36e402d0 100644
--- a/build/cmake/functions.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/functions.cmake
@@ -605,13 +605,14 @@ function(wx_print_thirdparty_library_summary)
     message(STATUS ${message})
 endfunction()
 
-# Add sample, test or demo
-# wx_add(<name> <group> [CONSOLE|DLL] [IMPORTANT] [SRC_FILES...]
+# Add sample, test, demo or benchmark
+# wx_add(<name> <group> [CONSOLE|CONSOLE_GUI|DLL] [IMPORTANT] [SRC_FILES...]
 #    [LIBRARIES ...] [NAME target_name] [FOLDER folder]
 #    [DATA ...] [DEFINITIONS ...] [RES ...])
 # name default target name
-# group can be Samples, Tests or Demos
+# group can be Samples, Tests, Demos or Benchmarks
 # first parameter may be CONSOLE to indicate a console application or DLL to indicate a shared library
+# or CONSOLE_GUI to indicate a console application that uses gui libraries
 # all following parameters are src files for the executable
 #
 # Optionally:
@@ -639,9 +640,13 @@ function(wx_add_demo name)
     wx_add(${name} "Demos" ${ARGN})
 endfunction()
 
+function(wx_add_benchmark name)
+    wx_add(${name} "Benchmarks" ${ARGN})
+endfunction()
+
 function(wx_add name group)
     cmake_parse_arguments(APP
-        "CONSOLE;DLL;IMPORTANT"
+        "CONSOLE;CONSOLE_GUI;DLL;IMPORTANT"
         "NAME;FOLDER"
         "DATA;DEFINITIONS;DEPENDS;LIBRARIES;RES"
         ${ARGN}
@@ -668,6 +673,9 @@ function(wx_add name group)
     elseif(group STREQUAL Demos)
         set(SUB_DIR "demos/${name}")
         set(DEFAULT_RC_FILE "demos/${name}/${target_name}.rc")
+    elseif(group STREQUAL Benchmarks)
+        set(SUB_DIR "tests/benchmarks")
+        set(DEFAULT_RC_FILE "samples/sample.rc")
     else()
         message(WARNING "Unkown group \"${group}\"")
         return()
@@ -709,7 +717,7 @@ function(wx_add name group)
     if(APP_DLL)
         add_library(${target_name} SHARED ${src_files})
     else()
-        if(APP_CONSOLE OR group STREQUAL Tests)
+        if(APP_CONSOLE OR APP_CONSOLE_GUI)
             set(exe_type)
         else()
             set(exe_type WIN32 MACOSX_BUNDLE)
diff --git a/build/cmake/main.cmake b/build/cmake/main.cmake
index c038bbb387..5707352874 100644
--- a/build/cmake/main.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/main.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ if(wxBUILD_DEMOS)
     add_subdirectory(build/cmake/demos demos)
 endif()
 
+if(wxBUILD_BENCHMARKS)
+    add_subdirectory(build/cmake/benchmarks benchmarks)
+endif()
+
 if(NOT wxBUILD_CUSTOM_SETUP_HEADER_PATH)
     # Write setup.h after all variables are available
     include(build/cmake/setup.cmake)
diff --git a/build/cmake/options.cmake b/build/cmake/options.cmake
index 2a88f8c24e..f2e873ff74 100644
--- a/build/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ wx_option(wxBUILD_SAMPLES "Build only important samples (SOME) or ALL" OFF
 wx_option(wxBUILD_TESTS "Build console tests (CONSOLE_ONLY) or ALL" OFF
     STRINGS CONSOLE_ONLY ALL OFF)
 wx_option(wxBUILD_DEMOS "Build demos" OFF)
+wx_option(wxBUILD_BENCHMARKS "Build benchmarks" OFF)
 wx_option(wxBUILD_PRECOMP "Use precompiled headers")
+mark_as_advanced(wxBUILD_PRECOMP)
 wx_option(wxBUILD_INSTALL "Create install/uninstall target for wxWidgets")
 wx_option(wxBUILD_COMPATIBILITY
     "enable compatibilty with earlier wxWidgets versions" 3.0 STRINGS 2.8 3.0 3.1)
+mark_as_advanced(wxBUILD_COMPATIBILITY)
 # Allow user specified setup.h folder
 set(wxBUILD_CUSTOM_SETUP_HEADER_PATH "" CACHE PATH "Include path containing custom wx/setup.h")
 mark_as_advanced(wxBUILD_CUSTOM_SETUP_HEADER_PATH)
@@ -32,10 +35,12 @@ mark_as_advanced(wxBUILD_DEBUG_LEVEL)
 
 if(NOT APPLE)
     wx_option(wxBUILD_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME "Link using the static runtime library" OFF)
+    mark_as_advanced(wxBUILD_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME)
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC)
     wx_option(wxBUILD_MSVC_MULTIPROC "Enable multi-processor compilation for MSVC")
+    mark_as_advanced(wxBUILD_MSVC_MULTIPROC)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT MSVC OR MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1800)
diff --git a/build/cmake/tests/drawing/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/tests/drawing/CMakeLists.txt
index 376e55e4b9..3ff30955c4 100644
--- a/build/cmake/tests/drawing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/tests/drawing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ set(TEST_DRAWING_DATA
     drawing/references/image_test_image_gdiplus-6.1_2_ref.png
     )
 
-wx_add_test(test_drawing ${TEST_DRAWING_SRC}
+wx_add_test(test_drawing CONSOLE_GUI ${TEST_DRAWING_SRC}
     DATA ${TEST_DRAWING_DATA}
     )
 if(wxUSE_SOCKETS)
diff --git a/build/cmake/tests/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/tests/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index db5660abbd..a28a975998 100644
--- a/build/cmake/tests/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/tests/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ set(TEST_GUI_DATA
     intl/ja/internat.po
     )
 
-wx_add_test(test_gui ${TEST_GUI_SRC}
+wx_add_test(test_gui CONSOLE_GUI ${TEST_GUI_SRC}
     DATA ${TEST_GUI_DATA}
     )
 if(wxUSE_AUI)
diff --git a/build/cmake/tests/headers/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/tests/headers/CMakeLists.txt
index fe535e242c..988eaf1682 100644
--- a/build/cmake/tests/headers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/tests/headers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ set(TEST_SRC
     allheaders.h
     )
 
-wx_add_test(test_headers ${TEST_SRC})
+wx_add_test(test_headers CONSOLE_GUI ${TEST_SRC})
 if(wxUSE_SOCKETS)
     wx_exe_link_libraries(test_headers wxnet)
 endif()