diff --git a/crates/xtask/src/bench/meili_process.rs b/crates/xtask/src/bench/meili_process.rs
index 99f6f4ea6..db787e595 100644
--- a/crates/xtask/src/bench/meili_process.rs
+++ b/crates/xtask/src/bench/meili_process.rs
@@ -37,17 +37,8 @@ pub async fn start(
     master_key: Option<&str>,
     workload: &Workload,
     asset_folder: &str,
+    mut command: tokio::process::Command,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<tokio::process::Child> {
-    let mut command = tokio::process::Command::new("cargo");
-    command
-        .arg("run")
-        .arg("--release")
-        .arg("-p")
-        .arg("meilisearch")
-        .arg("--bin")
-        .arg("meilisearch")
-        .arg("--");
-
     command.arg("--db-path").arg("./_xtask_benchmark.ms");
     if let Some(master_key) = master_key {
         command.arg("--master-key").arg(master_key);
diff --git a/crates/xtask/src/bench/mod.rs b/crates/xtask/src/bench/mod.rs
index deec120fa..491dc33ab 100644
--- a/crates/xtask/src/bench/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/xtask/src/bench/mod.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ pub struct BenchDeriveArgs {
     /// The maximum time in seconds we allow for fetching the task queue before timing out.
     #[arg(long, default_value_t = 60)]
     tasks_queue_timeout_secs: u64,
+
+    /// The path to the binary to run. By default it compiles the binary with cargo.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    binary_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 pub fn run(args: BenchDeriveArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -170,6 +174,7 @@ pub fn run(args: BenchDeriveArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                     args.master_key.as_deref(),
                     workload,
                     &args,
+                    args.binary_path.as_deref(),
                 )
                 .await?;
 
diff --git a/crates/xtask/src/bench/workload.rs b/crates/xtask/src/bench/workload.rs
index 19c8bfae8..649bd0eaf 100644
--- a/crates/xtask/src/bench/workload.rs
+++ b/crates/xtask/src/bench/workload.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{Seek as _, Write as _};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context as _};
 use futures_util::TryStreamExt as _;
@@ -85,14 +86,30 @@ pub async fn execute(
     master_key: Option<&str>,
     workload: Workload,
     args: &BenchDeriveArgs,
+    binary_path: Option<&Path>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     assets::fetch_assets(assets_client, &workload.assets, &args.asset_folder).await?;
 
     let workload_uuid = dashboard_client.create_workload(invocation_uuid, &workload).await?;
 
     let mut tasks = Vec::new();
-
     for i in 0..workload.run_count {
+        let run_command = match binary_path {
+            Some(binary_path) => tokio::process::Command::new(binary_path),
+            None => {
+                let mut command = tokio::process::Command::new("cargo");
+                command
+                    .arg("run")
+                    .arg("--release")
+                    .arg("-p")
+                    .arg("meilisearch")
+                    .arg("--bin")
+                    .arg("meilisearch")
+                    .arg("--");
+                command
+            }
+        };
+
         tasks.push(
             execute_run(
                 dashboard_client,
@@ -102,6 +119,7 @@ pub async fn execute(
                 master_key,
                 &workload,
                 args,
+                run_command,
                 i,
             )
             .await?,
@@ -109,7 +127,6 @@ pub async fn execute(
     }
 
     let mut reports = Vec::with_capacity(workload.run_count as usize);
-
     for task in tasks {
         reports.push(
             task.await
@@ -133,13 +150,15 @@ async fn execute_run(
     master_key: Option<&str>,
     workload: &Workload,
     args: &BenchDeriveArgs,
+    run_command: tokio::process::Command,
     run_number: u16,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<tokio::task::JoinHandle<anyhow::Result<std::fs::File>>> {
     meili_process::delete_db();
 
     meili_process::build().await?;
     let meilisearch =
-        meili_process::start(meili_client, master_key, workload, &args.asset_folder).await?;
+        meili_process::start(meili_client, master_key, workload, &args.asset_folder, run_command)
+            .await?;
 
     let processor = run_commands(
         dashboard_client,