diff --git a/benchmark/README.md b/benchmark/README.md
index 88d5090eb..06254c0a9 100644
--- a/benchmark/README.md
+++ b/benchmark/README.md
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ it basically selects all benchmarks starting with
 Run a specific benchmark in `Prelude.Serial` suite:
 
 ```
-$ bench.sh --benchmarks Prelude.Serial --prefix Prelude.Serial/o-1-space/generation/unfoldr
+$ bench.sh --benchmarks Prelude.Serial --prefix Prelude.Serial/o-1-space.generation.unfoldr
 ```
 
 Run a benchmark directly instead of running it through `bench.sh`:
 
 ```
-$ cabal run bench:Prelude.Serial -- Prelude.Serial/o-1-space/generation/unfoldr
+$ cabal run bench:Prelude.Serial --prefix Prelude.Serial/o-1-space.generation.unfoldr
 ```
 
 The options after `--` are the benchmark executable options.
diff --git a/benchmark/Chart.hs b/benchmark/bench-report/BenchReport.hs
similarity index 100%
rename from benchmark/Chart.hs
rename to benchmark/bench-report/BenchReport.hs
diff --git a/benchmark/bench-report/bench-report.cabal b/benchmark/bench-report/bench-report.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2786d3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/bench-report/bench-report.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+cabal-version:      2.2
+name:               bench-report
+version:            0.0.0
+synopsis:           Benchmark report generation
+description: Benchmark reporting application is not included in the overall
+  cabal project so that the dependencies of both can remain independent.
+  Benchmark reporting has a lot of dependencies that usually lag behind
+  when new GHC releases arrive.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- benchmark comparison and presentation
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+executable bench-report
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+  ghc-options: -Wall
+  hs-source-dirs: .
+  main-is: BenchReport.hs
+  buildable: True
+  build-Depends:
+    base >= 4.9 && < 5
+    , bench-show >= 0.3 && < 0.4
+    , transformers >= 0.4  && < 0.6
diff --git a/benchmark/bench-report/cabal.project b/benchmark/bench-report/cabal.project
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54dab7f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/bench-report/cabal.project
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+packages: benchmark/bench-report/bench-report.cabal
diff --git a/benchmark/bench-report/default.nix b/benchmark/bench-report/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81f0c56e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/bench-report/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ nixpkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}, compiler ? "default", doBenchmark ? false }:
+
+let
+
+  inherit (nixpkgs) pkgs;
+
+  f = { mkDerivation, base, bench-show, stdenv, transformers }:
+      mkDerivation {
+        pname = "bench-report";
+        version = "0.0.0";
+        src = ./.;
+        isLibrary = false;
+        isExecutable = true;
+        executableHaskellDepends = [ base bench-show transformers ];
+        description = "Benchmark report generation";
+        license = "unknown";
+        hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.none;
+      };
+
+  haskellPackages = if compiler == "default"
+                       then pkgs.haskellPackages
+                       else pkgs.haskell.packages.${compiler};
+
+  variant = if doBenchmark then pkgs.haskell.lib.doBenchmark else pkgs.lib.id;
+
+  drv = variant (haskellPackages.callPackage f {});
+
+in
+
+  if pkgs.lib.inNixShell then drv.env else drv
diff --git a/benchmark/streamly-benchmarks.cabal b/benchmark/streamly-benchmarks.cabal
index 505f5f6c5..0f52d9bca 100644
--- a/benchmark/streamly-benchmarks.cabal
+++ b/benchmark/streamly-benchmarks.cabal
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ flag has-llvm
   manual: True
   default: False
 
-flag no-charts
-  description: Disable benchmark charts in development build
-  manual: True
-  default: False
-
 flag opt
   description: off=-O0 (faster builds), on=-O2
   manual: True
@@ -507,21 +502,3 @@ benchmark Unicode.Stream
   type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
   hs-source-dirs: Streamly/Benchmark/Unicode
   main-is: Stream.hs
-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- benchmark comparison and presentation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-executable chart
-  default-language: Haskell2010
-  ghc-options: -Wall
-  hs-source-dirs: .
-  main-is: Chart.hs
-  if flag(dev) && !flag(no-charts) && !impl(ghcjs)
-    buildable: True
-    build-Depends:
-        base >= 4.9 && < 5
-      , bench-show >= 0.3 && < 0.4
-      , transformers >= 0.4   && < 0.6
-  else
-    buildable: False
diff --git a/bin/bench.sh b/bin/bench.sh
index 827564fb6..03ace938f 100755
--- a/bin/bench.sh
+++ b/bin/bench.sh
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ list_comparisons ()  {
 # chart is expensive to build and usually not required to be rebuilt,
 # use master branch as fallback
 cabal_which_report() {
-  local path=$(cabal_which streamly-benchmarks x $1)
+  local path=$(cabal_which bench-report x $1)
   if test -z "$path"
   then
     echo "Cannot find $1 executable, trying in dist-newstyle" 1>&2
-    local path1=$(cabal_which_builddir dist-newstyle streamly-benchmarks x $1)
+    local path1=$(cabal_which_builddir dist-newstyle bench-report x $1)
     if test -z "$path1"
     then
       local path2="./bin/$1"
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ cabal_which_report() {
 }
 
 find_report_prog() {
-    local prog_name="chart"
+    local prog_name="bench-report"
     hash -r
     local prog_path=$(cabal_which_report $prog_name)
     if test -x "$prog_path"
@@ -105,16 +105,16 @@ find_report_prog() {
 }
 
 build_report_prog() {
-    local prog_name="chart"
+    local prog_name="bench-report"
     local prog_path=$(cabal_which_report $prog_name)
 
     hash -r
     if test ! -x "$prog_path" -a "$BUILD_ONCE" = "0"
     then
-      echo "Building bench-show executables"
+      echo "Building bench-report executables"
       BUILD_ONCE=1
-      $CABAL_EXECUTABLE v2-build --flags dev chart \
-        || die "bench-show build failed"
+      $CABAL_EXECUTABLE v2-build bench-report --project-file=benchmark/bench-report/cabal.project \
+        || die "bench-report build failed"
 
     elif test ! -x "$prog_path"
     then
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ build_report_progs() {
       build_report_prog || exit 1
       local prog
       prog=$(find_report_prog) || \
-          die "Cannot find bench-show executable"
-      echo "Using bench-show executable [$prog]"
+          die "Cannot find bench-report executable"
+      echo "Using bench-report executable [$prog]"
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/streamly.cabal b/streamly.cabal
index 96316e697..5848936d3 100644
--- a/streamly.cabal
+++ b/streamly.cabal
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ extra-source-files:
     appveyor.yml
     benchmark/*.hs
     benchmark/README.md
+    benchmark/bench-report/BenchReport.hs
+    benchmark/bench-report/bench-report.cabal
+    benchmark/bench-report/cabal.project
+    benchmark/bench-report/default.nix
     benchmark/Streamly/Benchmark/Data/*.hs
     benchmark/Streamly/Benchmark/Data/Array/Stream/Foreign.hs
     benchmark/Streamly/Benchmark/Data/Parser/*.hs