diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 69c7891403..18f95f652b 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ rapids_cmake_build_type(Release)
 # * build options ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build KvikIO shared library" ON)
+option(KvikIO_BUILD_BENCHMARKS "Configure CMake to build benchmarks" ON)
 option(KvikIO_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Configure CMake to build examples" ON)
 option(KvikIO_BUILD_TESTS "Configure CMake to build tests" ON)
 option(KvikIO_REMOTE_SUPPORT "Configure CMake to build with remote IO support" ON)
@@ -203,6 +204,17 @@ set_target_properties(
              INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
 )
 
+# ##################################################################################################
+# * add benchmarks --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if(KvikIO_BUILD_BENCHMARKS)
+  # Find or install GoogleBench
+  include(${rapids-cmake-dir}/cpm/gbench.cmake)
+  rapids_cpm_gbench(BUILD_STATIC)
+
+  add_subdirectory(benchmarks)
+endif()
+
 # ##################################################################################################
 # * add examples -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..665d45edfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# =============================================================================
+# Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+# in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+# is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+# or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+# =============================================================================
+
+#[=======================================================================[.rst:
+kvikio_add_benchmark
+--------------------
+
+Create a KvikIO benchmark.
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+   kvikio_add_benchmark(NAME <name> SOURCES <sources>)
+
+   ``NAME``
+   Benchmark name. Single-value argument.
+
+   ``SOURCES``
+   List of source files for the benchmark. Multi-value argument.
+#]=======================================================================]
+function(kvikio_add_benchmark)
+  cmake_parse_arguments(
+    _KVIKIO # prefix
+    "" # optional
+    "NAME" # single value
+    "SOURCES" # multi-value
+    ${ARGN}
+  )
+
+  if(DEFINED _KVIKIO_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unknown argument: ${_KVIKIO_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}")
+  endif()
+
+  add_executable(${_KVIKIO_NAME} ${_KVIKIO_SOURCES})
+  set_target_properties(${_KVIKIO_NAME} PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN/../../../lib")
+
+  target_link_libraries(${_KVIKIO_NAME} PUBLIC benchmark::benchmark kvikio::kvikio)
+
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+    set(KVIKIO_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall;-Werror;-Wno-unknown-pragmas")
+    target_compile_options(${_KVIKIO_NAME} PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${KVIKIO_CXX_FLAGS}>")
+  endif()
+
+  install(
+    TARGETS ${_KVIKIO_NAME}
+    COMPONENT testing
+    DESTINATION bin/benchmarks/libkvikio
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+  )
+endfunction()
+
+kvikio_add_benchmark(NAME THREADPOOL_BENCHMARK SOURCES "threadpool/threadpool_benchmark.cpp")
diff --git a/cpp/benchmarks/threadpool/threadpool_benchmark.cpp b/cpp/benchmarks/threadpool/threadpool_benchmark.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c90579d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/benchmarks/threadpool/threadpool_benchmark.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// This benchmark assesses the scalability of the thread pool.
+//
+// In the "strong scaling" study, the total amount of tasks is fixed, and the time to complete
+// these tasks is evaluated as a function of thread count.
+//
+// In the "weak scaling" study, the expected amount of tasks per thread is fixed, and the total
+// amount of tasks is then proportional to the thread count. Again, the time is evaluated as a
+// function of thread count.
+
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+#include <kvikio/defaults.hpp>
+
+namespace kvikio {
+enum class ScalingType : uint8_t {
+  STRONG_SCALING,
+  WEAK_SCALING,
+};
+
+void task_compute(std::size_t num_compute_iterations)
+{
+  [[maybe_unused]] double res{0.0};
+  for (std::size_t i = 0u; i < num_compute_iterations; ++i) {
+    auto x{static_cast<double>(i)};
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(res += std::sqrt(x) + std::cbrt(x) + std::sin(x));
+  }
+}
+
+template <ScalingType scaling_type>
+void BM_threadpool_compute(benchmark::State& state)
+{
+  auto const num_threads = state.range(0);
+
+  std::size_t const num_compute_tasks =
+    (scaling_type == ScalingType::STRONG_SCALING) ? 10'000 : (1'000 * num_threads);
+
+  std::size_t constexpr num_compute_iterations{1'000};
+  kvikio::defaults::set_thread_pool_nthreads(num_threads);
+
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    // Submit a total of "num_compute_tasks" tasks to the thread pool.
+    for (auto i = std::size_t{0}; i < num_compute_tasks; ++i) {
+      [[maybe_unused]] auto fut =
+        kvikio::defaults::thread_pool().submit_task([] { task_compute(num_compute_iterations); });
+    }
+    kvikio::defaults::thread_pool().wait();
+  }
+
+  state.counters["threads"] = num_threads;
+}
+}  // namespace kvikio
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  benchmark::Initialize(&argc, argv);
+
+  benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("BM_threadpool_compute:strong_scaling",
+                               kvikio::BM_threadpool_compute<kvikio::ScalingType::STRONG_SCALING>)
+    ->RangeMultiplier(2)
+    ->Range(1, 64)   // Increase from 1 to 64 (inclusive of both endpoints) with x2 stepping.
+    ->UseRealTime()  // Use the wall clock to determine the number of benchmark iterations.
+    ->Unit(benchmark::kMillisecond)
+    ->MinTime(2);  // Minimum of 2 seconds.
+
+  benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("BM_threadpool_compute:weak_scaling",
+                               kvikio::BM_threadpool_compute<kvikio::ScalingType::WEAK_SCALING>)
+    ->RangeMultiplier(2)
+    ->Range(1, 64)
+    ->UseRealTime()
+    ->Unit(benchmark::kMillisecond)
+    ->MinTime(2);
+
+  benchmark::RunSpecifiedBenchmarks();
+  benchmark::Shutdown();
+}
diff --git a/cpp/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b03b1d487..b7aa73dd2d 100644
--- a/cpp/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ set(TEST_INSTALL_PATH bin/tests/libkvikio)
 if(CUDAToolkit_FOUND)
   add_executable(BASIC_IO_EXAMPLE basic_io.cpp)
   set_target_properties(BASIC_IO_EXAMPLE PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN/../../../lib")
-  target_include_directories(BASIC_IO_EXAMPLE PRIVATE ../include ${cuFile_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  target_link_libraries(BASIC_IO_EXAMPLE PRIVATE kvikio CUDA::cudart)
+  target_link_libraries(BASIC_IO_EXAMPLE PRIVATE kvikio::kvikio CUDA::cudart)
 
-  if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     set(KVIKIO_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall;-Werror;-Wno-unknown-pragmas")
     target_compile_options(
       BASIC_IO_EXAMPLE PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${KVIKIO_CXX_FLAGS}>"
@@ -43,10 +42,9 @@ endif()
 
 add_executable(BASIC_NO_CUDA_EXAMPLE basic_no_cuda.cpp)
 set_target_properties(BASIC_NO_CUDA_EXAMPLE PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN/../../../lib")
-target_include_directories(BASIC_NO_CUDA_EXAMPLE PRIVATE ../include)
-target_link_libraries(BASIC_NO_CUDA_EXAMPLE PRIVATE kvikio)
+target_link_libraries(BASIC_NO_CUDA_EXAMPLE PRIVATE kvikio::kvikio)
 
-if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
   set(KVIKIO_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall;-Werror;-Wno-unknown-pragmas")
   target_compile_options(
     BASIC_NO_CUDA_EXAMPLE PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${KVIKIO_CXX_FLAGS}>"
diff --git a/python/libkvikio/CMakeLists.txt b/python/libkvikio/CMakeLists.txt
index 806efd2b1c..f159cffa1a 100644
--- a/python/libkvikio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/libkvikio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ endif()
 
 unset(kvikio_FOUND)
 
+set(KvikIO_BUILD_BENCHMARKS OFF)
 set(KvikIO_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF)
 set(KvikIO_BUILD_TESTS OFF)
 if(USE_NVCOMP_RUNTIME_WHEEL)