diff --git a/dvc/testing/benchmarks/fixtures.py b/dvc/testing/benchmarks/fixtures.py
index eb8c40acf..948e8078b 100644
--- a/dvc/testing/benchmarks/fixtures.py
+++ b/dvc/testing/benchmarks/fixtures.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import check_output  # nosec B404
 
 import pytest
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def dvc_bench_git_repo(tmp_path_factory, bench_config):
     url = bench_config.dvc_bench_git_repo
 
     if os.path.isdir(url):
-        return url
+        return Path(url)
 
     tmp_path = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("dvc-bench-git-repo")
     clone(url, os.fspath(tmp_path))
@@ -70,9 +71,13 @@ def dvc_bin(
         if not venv:
             venv = make_dvc_venv(dvc_rev)
             venv.run("pip install -U pip")
+            if bench_config.dvc_install_deps:
+                egg = f"dvc[{bench_config.dvc_install_deps}]"
+            else:
+                egg = "dvc"
+            venv.run(f"pip install git+file://{dvc_git_repo}@{dvc_rev}#egg={egg}")
             if dvc_rev in ["2.18.1", "2.11.0", "2.6.3"]:
                 venv.run("pip install fsspec==2022.11.0")
-            venv.run(f"pip install git+file://{dvc_git_repo}@{dvc_rev}")
             dvc_venvs[dvc_rev] = venv
         dvc_bin = venv.virtualenv / "bin" / "dvc"
     else:
diff --git a/dvc/testing/benchmarks/plugin.py b/dvc/testing/benchmarks/plugin.py
index 633456d57..54e5ebef4 100644
--- a/dvc/testing/benchmarks/plugin.py
+++ b/dvc/testing/benchmarks/plugin.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class DVCBenchConfig:
         self.dvc_bin = DEFAULT_DVC_BIN
         self.dvc_revs = None
         self.dvc_git_repo = DEFAULT_DVC_GIT_REPO
+        self.dvc_install_deps = None
         self.dvc_bench_git_repo = DEFAULT_DVC_BENCH_GIT_REPO
         self.project_rev = None
         self.project_git_repo = DEFAULT_PROJECT_GIT_REPO
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     config.bench_config.dvc_bin = config.getoption("--dvc-bin")
     config.bench_config.dvc_revs = config.getoption("--dvc-revs")
     config.bench_config.dvc_git_repo = config.getoption("--dvc-git-repo")
+    config.bench_config.dvc_install_deps = config.getoption("--dvc-install-deps")
     config.bench_config.dvc_bench_git_repo = config.getoption("--dvc-bench-git-repo")
     config.bench_config.project_rev = config.getoption("--project-rev")
     config.bench_config.project_git_repo = config.getoption("--project-git-repo")
@@ -62,6 +64,13 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         help="Path or url to dvc git repo",
     )
 
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--dvc-install-deps",
+        type=str,
+        default="",
+        help="Comma-separated list of DVC installation packages",
+    )
+
     parser.addoption(
         "--dvc-bench-git-repo",
         type=str,