diff --git a/benchmark/checkperf.cmake b/benchmark/checkperf.cmake
index 6a05e7bc..d1ae21b0 100644
--- a/benchmark/checkperf.cmake
+++ b/benchmark/checkperf.cmake
@@ -93,5 +93,9 @@ if (SIMDJSON_IS_UNDER_GIT AND Git_FOUND AND (GIT_VERSION_STRING VERSION_GREATER
   set_property(TEST checkperf APPEND PROPERTY DEPENDS parse perfdiff ${SIMDJSON_USER_CMAKECACHE})
   set_property(TEST checkperf PROPERTY RUN_SERIAL TRUE)
 else()
-  message(STATUS "Either git is unavailable or else it is too old. We are disabling checkperf targets.")
+  if (CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES Ninja)
+   message(STATUS "We disable the checkperf targets under Ninja.")
+  else() 
+   message(STATUS "Either git is unavailable or else it is too old. We are disabling checkperf targets.")
+  endif()
 endif ()