diff --git a/bench/Jamfile b/bench/Jamfile
index 3057fb967..f6fcdf1f8 100644
--- a/bench/Jamfile
+++ b/bench/Jamfile
@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ import common ;
 import os ;
 import path ;
 import property ;
+import bench.jam ;
 
 import feature ;
 
 path-constant HERE : . ;
 
-feature.feature bench.option : : free optional ;
-feature.feature bench.launcher : : free optional ;
-feature.feature bench.file : : free optional ;
-
 .BENCH_FILES = [ os.environ BENCH_FILES ] ;
 
 local has_nlohmann_json = [
diff --git a/bench/bench.jam b/bench/bench.jam
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c16acba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/bench.jam
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import feature ;
+
+feature.feature bench.option : : free optional ;
+feature.feature bench.launcher : : free optional ;
+feature.feature bench.file : : free optional ;