diff --git a/benchmarks/Makefile.am b/benchmarks/Makefile.am
index 60b82dd7..1b345fd2 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Makefile.am
+++ b/benchmarks/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
 include Make.inc
+
+simple: simple_su3_test.o simple_su3_expr.o simple_simd_test.o
+
+EXTRA_LIBRARIES = libsimple_su3_test.a libsimple_su3_expr.a libsimple_simd_test.a
+
+libsimple_su3_test_a_SOURCES = simple_su3_test.cc
+
+libsimple_su3_expr_a_SOURCES = simple_su3_expr.cc
+
+libsimple_simd_test_a_SOURCES = simple_simd_test.cc
diff --git a/benchmarks/simple_simd_test.cc b/benchmarks/simple_simd_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d5651e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/simple_simd_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
+
+Grid::vRealD add(const Grid::vRealD &x, const Grid::vRealD &y)
+{
+	return x+y;
+}
+
+Grid::vRealD sub(const Grid::vRealD &x, const Grid::vRealD &y)
+{
+	return x-y;
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/simple_su3_expr.cc b/benchmarks/simple_su3_expr.cc
index 11a4816e..0c6092f6 100644
--- a/benchmarks/simple_su3_expr.cc
+++ b/benchmarks/simple_su3_expr.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Author: Peter Boyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
     See the full license in the file "LICENSE" in the top level distribution directory
     *************************************************************************************/
     /*  END LEGAL */
-#include <Grid.h>
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace Grid;