diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.c b/benchmark/benchmark.c
index 33ac68a54..047af131d 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.c
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static gboolean opt_machine_readable = FALSE;
 static gchar* opt_path = NULL;
 static gchar* opt_semantics = NULL;
 static gchar* opt_template = NULL;
+static gchar* opt_namespace = NULL;
 
 static JSemantics* j_benchmark_semantics = NULL;
 
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ j_benchmark_add(gchar const* name, BenchmarkFunc benchmark_func)
 	run->iterations = 0;
 	run->operations = 0;
 	run->bytes = 0;
+	run->namespace = opt_namespace ? opt_namespace : "benchmark";
 
 	j_benchmarks = g_list_prepend(j_benchmarks, run);
 }
@@ -301,6 +303,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 		{ "path", 'p', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_path, "Benchmark path to use", NULL },
 		{ "semantics", 's', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_semantics, "Semantics to use", NULL },
 		{ "template", 't', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_template, "Semantics template to use", NULL },
+		{ "namespace", 'n', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_namespace, "Namespace for benchmark to use", NULL },
 		{ NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL }
 	};
 
@@ -373,6 +376,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	g_free(opt_path);
 	g_free(opt_semantics);
 	g_free(opt_template);
+	g_free(opt_namespace);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.h b/benchmark/benchmark.h
index f78e40b8d..4b7f21907 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.h
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ struct BenchmarkRun
 	guint iterations;
 	guint64 operations;
 	guint64 bytes;
+
+	gchar* namespace;
 };
 
 typedef struct BenchmarkRun BenchmarkRun;
diff --git a/benchmark/object/object.c b/benchmark/object/object.c
index 12d8c1e4a..8ffc32804 100644
--- a/benchmark/object/object.c
+++ b/benchmark/object/object.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ _benchmark_object_create(BenchmarkRun* run, gboolean use_batch)
 			g_autofree gchar* name = NULL;
 
 			name = g_strdup_printf("benchmark-%d", i);
-			object = j_object_new("benchmark", name);
+			object = j_object_new(run->namespace, name);
 			j_object_create(object, batch);
 
 			j_object_delete(object, delete_batch);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ _benchmark_object_delete(BenchmarkRun* run, gboolean use_batch)
 			g_autofree gchar* name = NULL;
 
 			name = g_strdup_printf("benchmark-%d", i);
-			object = j_object_new("benchmark", name);
+			object = j_object_new(run->namespace, name);
 			j_object_create(object, batch);
 		}
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ _benchmark_object_delete(BenchmarkRun* run, gboolean use_batch)
 			g_autofree gchar* name = NULL;
 
 			name = g_strdup_printf("benchmark-%d", i);
-			object = j_object_new("benchmark", name);
+			object = j_object_new(run->namespace, name);
 
 			j_object_delete(object, batch);
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ _benchmark_object_status(BenchmarkRun* run, gboolean use_batch)
 	semantics = j_benchmark_get_semantics();
 	batch = j_batch_new(semantics);
 
-	object = j_object_new("benchmark", "benchmark");
+	object = j_object_new(run->namespace, "benchmark");
 	j_object_create(object, batch);
 	j_object_write(object, dummy, 1, 0, &size, batch);
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ _benchmark_object_read(BenchmarkRun* run, gboolean use_batch, guint block_size)
 	semantics = j_benchmark_get_semantics();
 	batch = j_batch_new(semantics);
 
-	object = j_object_new("benchmark", "benchmark");
+	object = j_object_new(run->namespace, "benchmark");
 	j_object_create(object, batch);
 
 	for (guint i = 0; i < n; i++)
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ _benchmark_object_write(BenchmarkRun* run, gboolean use_batch, guint block_size)
 	semantics = j_benchmark_get_semantics();
 	batch = j_batch_new(semantics);
 
-	object = j_object_new("benchmark", "benchmark");
+	object = j_object_new(run->namespace, "benchmark");
 	j_object_create(object, batch);
 	ret = j_batch_execute(batch);
 	g_assert_true(ret);
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ _benchmark_object_unordered_create_delete(BenchmarkRun* run, gboolean use_batch)
 			g_autofree gchar* name = NULL;
 
 			name = g_strdup_printf("benchmark-%d", i);
-			object = j_object_new("benchmark", name);
+			object = j_object_new(run->namespace, name);
 			j_object_create(object, batch);
 			j_object_delete(object, batch);