diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 083358cf749..6c29f67e03b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ rustyline = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { workspace = true }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.27", features = ["auto-initialize"] }
+rustpython-stdlib = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "execution"
diff --git a/benches/execution.rs b/benches/execution.rs
index c2239b59d12..bf1bcfcc3db 100644
--- a/benches/execution.rs
+++ b/benches/execution.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ fn bench_rustpython_code(b: &mut Bencher, name: &str, source: &str) {
     settings.path_list.push("Lib/".to_string());
     settings.write_bytecode = false;
     settings.user_site_directory = false;
-    Interpreter::without_stdlib(settings).enter(|vm| {
+    Interpreter::with_init(settings, |vm| {
+        vm.add_native_modules(rustpython_stdlib::get_module_inits());
+    })
+    .enter(|vm| {
         // Note: bench_cpython is both compiling and executing the code.
         // As such we compile the code in the benchmark loop as well.
         b.iter(|| {