diff --git a/private/react-native-fantom/config/jest.config.js b/private/react-native-fantom/config/jest.config.js
index adf10408e5c2..34efa5467e77 100644
--- a/private/react-native-fantom/config/jest.config.js
+++ b/private/react-native-fantom/config/jest.config.js
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ module.exports = {
   ] /*:: as $ReadOnlyArray<string> */,
   // This allows running Meta-internal tests with the `-test.fb.js` suffix.
   testRegex: '/__tests__/.*-itest(\\.fb)?\\.js$',
-  testPathIgnorePatterns: baseConfig.testPathIgnorePatterns,
+  testPathIgnorePatterns: [
+    ...baseConfig.testPathIgnorePatterns,
+    ...(process.env.FANTOM_INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS != null
+      ? []
+      : ['benchmark-itest']),
+  ] /*:: as ReadonlyArray<string> */,
   transformIgnorePatterns: ['.*'],
   testRunner: '<rootDir>/private/react-native-fantom/runner/index.js',
   watchPathIgnorePatterns: ['<rootDir>/private/react-native-fantom/build/'],
diff --git a/private/react-native-fantom/runner/EnvironmentOptions.js b/private/react-native-fantom/runner/EnvironmentOptions.js
index 553049aacaa8..74e012691907 100644
--- a/private/react-native-fantom/runner/EnvironmentOptions.js
+++ b/private/react-native-fantom/runner/EnvironmentOptions.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const VALID_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES = [
   'FANTOM_FORCE_CI_MODE',
   'FANTOM_FORCE_OSS_BUILD',
   'FANTOM_FORCE_TEST_MODE',
+  'FANTOM_INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS',
   'FANTOM_LOG_COMMANDS',
   'FANTOM_PRINT_OUTPUT',
   'FANTOM_DEBUG_JS',
diff --git a/scripts/fantom.sh b/scripts/fantom.sh
index 9ae47c1f23b6..5a08cbf67e10 100755
--- a/scripts/fantom.sh
+++ b/scripts/fantom.sh
@@ -16,4 +16,20 @@ fi
 
 export NODE_OPTIONS='--max-old-space-size=8192'
 
-yarn jest --config private/react-native-fantom/config/jest.config.js "$@"
+# Parse arguments to check for --benchmarks flag
+INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS=false
+ARGS=()
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  if [[ "$arg" == "--benchmarks" ]]; then
+    INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS=true
+  else
+    ARGS+=("$arg")
+  fi
+done
+
+# When --benchmarks is passed, set env var so jest.config.js includes benchmark tests
+if [[ "$INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS" == true ]]; then
+  FANTOM_INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS=1 yarn jest --config private/react-native-fantom/config/jest.config.js "${ARGS[@]}"
+else
+  yarn jest --config private/react-native-fantom/config/jest.config.js "${ARGS[@]}"
+fi