diff --git a/amethyst/build.gradle.kts b/amethyst/build.gradle.kts
index c8c3a72587..ceacdce4bf 100644
--- a/amethyst/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/amethyst/build.gradle.kts
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ android {
         }
         create("benchmark") {
             initWith(getByName("release"))
+            // Plain AGP library deps (e.g. :nappletHost) only declare debug/release build types,
+            // so fall back to their `release` variant when resolving the benchmark build type.
+            matchingFallbacks += "release"
             applicationIdSuffix = ".benchmark"
             versionNameSuffix = "-BENCHMARK"
             resValue("string", "app_name", "@string/app_name_benchmark")