diff --git a/node/test/client/Cargo.toml b/node/test/client/Cargo.toml
index 8287d167644e..af9357d64382 100644
--- a/node/test/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/test/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ sp-state-machine = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "
 [dev-dependencies]
 sp-keyring = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
 futures = "0.3.21"
+
+[features]
+runtime-benchmarks=["polkadot-test-runtime/runtime-benchmarks"]
diff --git a/node/test/service/Cargo.toml b/node/test/service/Cargo.toml
index 9fc695210a82..1dbf7f9cf124 100644
--- a/node/test/service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/test/service/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["macros"] }
 
 [features]
 runtime-metrics=["polkadot-test-runtime/runtime-metrics"]
+runtime-benchmarks=["polkadot-test-runtime/runtime-benchmarks"]