diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d15ac5bafd..5d589bdada 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ This file contains the changelog for the Deeploy project. The changelog is divid
 - Fix GAP9 L3 Board Tests: readfs Flash Ordering and Duplicate Input Data [#196](https://github.com/pulp-platform/Deeploy/pull/196)
 - Add SoCDAML Part III: hands-on lab for adding a new int8 operator [#194](https://github.com/pulp-platform/Deeploy/pull/194)
 
+- Make `--profileMicrobenchmark` Work on GAP9 [#208](https://github.com/pulp-platform/Deeploy/pull/208)
 ### Added
 - tests for Regular and DW Conv2D with 3x3 kernel
 - Neureka's engine-aware DW lowering pass `NeurekaNCHWtoNHWCDwConvPass`
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ This file contains the changelog for the Deeploy project. The changelog is divid
 - Fix GAP9 board tests with `--defaultMemLevel L3` reading garbage inputs: place all gapy `--flash-property` options before the positional subcommand and use `image flash run` so the readfs partition (input hex files) is flashed to the device
 - Fix Deeploy 101 tutorial errors: `--profileTiling` usage and the moved intrinsics inventory path
 
+- `--profileMicrobenchmark` silently emitted nothing on GAP9: the pass was absent from the GAP9 code transformers, `perf_utils.h` was neither included nor portable to the GAP9 SDK's counter names, and its core guard never matched GAP9's cluster controller
 ### Removed
 - removed experimental `enable3x3` flag, from Neureka Engine. Now, 3x3 mode is enabled by default.
 - `testDMA.py` was an old test; we now have `test_dmas.py` instead.
diff --git a/Deeploy/Targets/GAP9/Bindings.py b/Deeploy/Targets/GAP9/Bindings.py
index 2bda98af8f..b29b5b6aa7 100644
--- a/Deeploy/Targets/GAP9/Bindings.py
+++ b/Deeploy/Targets/GAP9/Bindings.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 from Deeploy.Targets.PULPOpen.CodeTransformationPasses.PULPClusterSynch import PULPSynchCoresPass
 from Deeploy.Targets.PULPOpen.CodeTransformationPasses.PULPClusterTiling import PULPClusterTiling
 from Deeploy.Targets.PULPOpen.CodeTransformationPasses.PULPL3Tiling import PULPL3Tiling
+from Deeploy.Targets.PULPOpen.CodeTransformationPasses.PULPMicrobenchmark import PULPMicrobenchmark
 from Deeploy.Targets.PULPOpen.CodeTransformationPasses.PULPProfileUntiled import PULPProfileUntiled
 from Deeploy.Targets.PULPOpen.DataTypes import PULPDMAFuture
 from Deeploy.Targets.PULPOpen.Templates import ConvTemplate, DMASliceTemplate, FloatAddTemplate, FloatConvTemplate, \
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
     MemoryManagementGeneration("L2"),
     MemoryManagementGeneration("L3.*"),
     MemoryManagementGeneration(),
+    PULPMicrobenchmark(),
 ])
 
 # GAP9-specific cluster transformer using cl_dma.h API
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@
     MemoryManagementGeneration("L2"),
     MemoryManagementGeneration("L3.*"),
     MemoryManagementGeneration(),
+    PULPMicrobenchmark(),
 ])
 
 # Simple transformer for non-tiling cases
diff --git a/Deeploy/Targets/GAP9/Platform.py b/Deeploy/Targets/GAP9/Platform.py
index bad6f8d859..f32f543a10 100644
--- a/Deeploy/Targets/GAP9/Platform.py
+++ b/Deeploy/Targets/GAP9/Platform.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class GAP9StructBuffer(StructBuffer):
     deallocTemplate = NodeTemplate("")
 
 
-_includeList = ["pmsis.h", "DeeployGAP9Math.h", "pulp_nn_kernels.h", "DeeployMchan.h"]
+_includeList = ["pmsis.h", "DeeployGAP9Math.h", "pulp_nn_kernels.h", "DeeployMchan.h", "perf_utils.h"]
 
 
 class GAP9ClusterEngine(DeploymentEngine):
diff --git a/Deeploy/Targets/PULPOpen/CodeTransformationPasses/PULPMicrobenchmark.py b/Deeploy/Targets/PULPOpen/CodeTransformationPasses/PULPMicrobenchmark.py
index bb35f32d47..4ea8c0f795 100644
--- a/Deeploy/Targets/PULPOpen/CodeTransformationPasses/PULPMicrobenchmark.py
+++ b/Deeploy/Targets/PULPOpen/CodeTransformationPasses/PULPMicrobenchmark.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class PULPMicrobenchmark(CodeTransformationPass):
 
     _preTemplate = NodeTemplate("""
     perf_stats_t ${op}_perf_start, ${op}_perf_end, ${op}_perf_total;
-    if (pi_core_id() == 0) {
+    if (pi_core_id() == 0 || pi_core_id() == (unsigned int)pi_cl_cluster_nb_cores()) {
         perf_bench_init();
         perf_bench_start();
         perf_bench_read(&${op}_perf_start);
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class PULPMicrobenchmark(CodeTransformationPass):
     """)
 
     _postTemplate = NodeTemplate("""
-    if (pi_core_id() == 0) {
+    if (pi_core_id() == 0 || pi_core_id() == (unsigned int)pi_cl_cluster_nb_cores()) {
         perf_bench_stop();
         perf_bench_read(&${op}_perf_end);
         perf_bench_diff(&${op}_perf_total, &${op}_perf_end, &${op}_perf_start);
diff --git a/TargetLibraries/PULPOpen/inc/perf_utils.h b/TargetLibraries/PULPOpen/inc/perf_utils.h
index c710402ed2..0bc67e89a7 100644
--- a/TargetLibraries/PULPOpen/inc/perf_utils.h
+++ b/TargetLibraries/PULPOpen/inc/perf_utils.h
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 
 #include "pmsis.h"
 
-// Performance event IDs (compatible with PMSIS)
+// Performance event IDs. The PULP SDK spells these CSR_PCER_*; the GAP9 SDK's
+// pmsis provides the PI_PERF_* names itself, as enum constants the preprocessor
+// cannot see -- hence the platform test rather than #ifndef.
+#ifndef __GAP9__
 #define PI_PERF_CYCLES CSR_PCER_CYCLES
 #define PI_PERF_INSTR CSR_PCER_INSTR
 #define PI_PERF_LD_STALL CSR_PCER_LD_STALL
@@ -28,6 +31,11 @@
 #define PI_PERF_LD_EXT_CYC CSR_PCER_LD_EXT_CYC
 #define PI_PERF_ST_EXT_CYC CSR_PCER_ST_EXT_CYC
 #define PI_PERF_TCDM_CONT CSR_PCER_TCDM_CONT
+#else
+// Same two counters, different spelling in the GAP9 enum.
+#define PI_PERF_JMP_STALL PI_PERF_JR_STALL
+#define PI_PERF_TAKEN_BRANCH PI_PERF_BTAKEN
+#endif
 
 // Benchmark statistics structure
 typedef struct {
@@ -88,9 +96,12 @@ static inline void perf_bench_read(perf_stats_t *stats) {
   stats->tcdm_cont = pi_perf_read(PI_PERF_TCDM_CONT);
 }
 
-// Print performance statistics (core 0 only to avoid clutter)
+// Print performance statistics (one core only, to avoid clutter). GAP9 runs the
+// sequential network code on the cluster controller, whose id is nb_cores, not
+// 0.
 static inline void perf_bench_print(const char *label, perf_stats_t *stats) {
-  if (pi_core_id() == 0) {
+  if (pi_core_id() == 0 ||
+      pi_core_id() == (unsigned int)pi_cl_cluster_nb_cores()) {
     printf("\n=== Performance Statistics: %s ===\n", label);
     printf("Cycles:              %10u\n", stats->cycles);
     printf("Instructions:        %10u\n", stats->instr);