diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 68542d1..647581d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Heinz N. Gies <heinz@licenser.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
+[features]
+default = ["cpb"]
+cpb = []
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 proptest = "0.10"
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ criterion = "0.3"
 mimalloc = "0.1"
 core_affinity = "*"
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_arch = "x86_64", target_arch = "x86"))'.dev-dependencies]
+criterion-cycles-per-byte = "0.1"
+
 [[bench]]
 name = "criterion_bench"
 harness = false
diff --git a/benches/criterion_bench.rs b/benches/criterion_bench.rs
index 56198a8..cc792c9 100644
--- a/benches/criterion_bench.rs
+++ b/benches/criterion_bench.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ extern crate core_affinity;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate criterion;
 
+#[cfg(all(any(target_arch = "x86_64", target_arch = "x86"), feature = "cpb"))]
+use criterion_cycles_per_byte::CyclesPerByte;
+
 use mimalloc::MiMalloc;
 #[global_allocator]
 static GLOBAL: MiMalloc = MiMalloc;
@@ -47,5 +50,11 @@ fn bench_all<T: Measurement>(c: &mut Criterion<T>) {
     bench_file(c, "ascii_sample_ok", true);
 }
 
-criterion_group!(benches, bench_all);
+#[cfg(all(any(target_arch = "x86_64", target_arch = "x86"), feature = "cpb"))]
+criterion_group! {
+    name = benches;
+    config = Criterion::default().with_measurement(CyclesPerByte);
+    targets = bench_all
+}
+
 criterion_main!(benches);