diff --git a/bench/SkSLInterpreterBench.cpp b/bench/SkSLInterpreterBench.cpp
index f7a189d..22afd28 100644
--- a/bench/SkSLInterpreterBench.cpp
+++ b/bench/SkSLInterpreterBench.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file.
  */
+
 #include "bench/Benchmark.h"
 #include "include/utils/SkRandom.h"
 #include "src/sksl/SkSLByteCode.h"
 #include "src/sksl/SkSLCompiler.h"
 
+// Without this build flag, this bench isn't runnable.
+#if defined(SK_ENABLE_SKSL_INTERPRETER)
+
 // Benchmarks the interpreter with a function that has a color-filter style signature
 class SkSLInterpreterCFBench : public Benchmark {
 public:
@@ -140,3 +144,4 @@
 
 DEF_BENCH(return new SkSLInterpreterCFBench("lumaToAlpha", 256, kLumaToAlphaSrc));
 DEF_BENCH(return new SkSLInterpreterCFBench("hcf", 256, kHighContrastFilterSrc));
+#endif // SK_ENABLE_SKSL_INTERPRETER
diff --git a/gn/gn_to_bp.py b/gn/gn_to_bp.py
index b16d5f7..2443358 100644
--- a/gn/gn_to_bp.py
+++ b/gn/gn_to_bp.py
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@
     'skia_enable_fontmgr_win_gdi':        'false',
     'skia_use_fonthost_mac':              'false',
 
+    # enable features used in skia_nanobench
+    'skia_enable_sksl_interpreter':       'true',
+    'skia_tools_require_resources':       'true',
+
     'skia_use_freetype':                  'true',
     'skia_use_fontconfig':                'false',
     'skia_use_fixed_gamma_text':          'true',