diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.py b/benchmark/benchmark.py
index 20fc43050..c950c5081 100755
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.py
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from aider.coders import Coder
 from aider.dump import dump  # noqa: F401
 from aider.io import InputOutput
 
-BENCHMARK_DNAME = Path("/benchmarks")
+BENCHMARK_DNAME = Path(os.environ["AIDER_BENCHMARK_DIR"])
 
 ORIGINAL_DNAME = BENCHMARK_DNAME / "exercism-python"
 
diff --git a/benchmark/docker.sh b/benchmark/docker.sh
index 0182cdd34..32c18abde 100755
--- a/benchmark/docker.sh
+++ b/benchmark/docker.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ docker run \
        -e OPENAI_API_KEY=$OPENAI_API_KEY \
        -e HISTFILE=/aider/.bash_history \
        -e AIDER_DOCKER=1 \
+       -e AIDER_BENCHMARK_DIR=/benchmarks \
        aider-benchmark \
        bash