diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a6b9f3580d..38fb0c832e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -327,11 +327,39 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
           cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
 
+      - name: Set up CodSpeed benchmark library
+        # CodSpeed requires their google_benchmark fork for instrumentation.
+        # Clone and create a PlatformIO-compatible library layout.
+        run: |
+          CODSPEED_SHA=d6b4111428ae1f1667fec9bff009522378d5d347
+          git clone https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/codspeed-cpp.git /tmp/codspeed-cpp
+          git -C /tmp/codspeed-cpp checkout "$CODSPEED_SHA"
+          # Create library.json combining google_benchmark + codspeed core
+          cat > /tmp/codspeed-cpp/google_benchmark/library.json << 'LIBJSON'
+          {
+            "name": "benchmark",
+            "version": "0.0.0",
+            "build": {
+              "flags": [
+                "-I/tmp/codspeed-cpp/core/include",
+                "-I/tmp/codspeed-cpp/core/instrument-hooks",
+                "-DHAVE_STD_REGEX",
+                "-DHAVE_STEADY_CLOCK",
+                "-DBENCHMARK_STATIC_DEFINE"
+              ],
+              "srcFilter": ["+<src/*.cc>", "+</tmp/codspeed-cpp/core/src/*.cpp>"],
+              "includeDir": "include"
+            }
+          }
+          LIBJSON
+
       - name: Build benchmarks
         id: build
         run: |
           . venv/bin/activate
-          BINARY=$(script/cpp_benchmark.py --all --build-only 2>&1 | tail -1)
+          BENCHMARK_LIB="symlink:///tmp/codspeed-cpp/google_benchmark" \
+            script/cpp_benchmark.py --all --build-only 2>&1 | tee /tmp/bench-build.log
+          BINARY=$(tail -1 /tmp/bench-build.log)
           echo "binary=$BINARY" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Run CodSpeed benchmarks
diff --git a/script/cpp_benchmark.py b/script/cpp_benchmark.py
index 31a6896f47..06377ae51f 100755
--- a/script/cpp_benchmark.py
+++ b/script/cpp_benchmark.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 """Build and run C++ benchmarks for ESPHome components using Google Benchmark."""
 
 import argparse
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import sys
 
@@ -29,13 +30,15 @@ PLATFORMIO_OPTIONS = {
 
 
 def run_benchmarks(selected_components: list[str], build_only: bool = False) -> int:
+    # Allow CI to override the benchmark library (e.g. with CodSpeed's fork)
+    benchmark_lib = os.environ.get("BENCHMARK_LIB", PLATFORMIO_GOOGLE_BENCHMARK_LIB)
     return build_and_run(
         selected_components=selected_components,
         tests_dir=BENCHMARKS_DIR,
         codegen_components=BENCHMARK_CODEGEN_COMPONENTS,
         config_prefix="cppbench",
         friendly_name="CPP Benchmarks",
-        libraries=PLATFORMIO_GOOGLE_BENCHMARK_LIB,
+        libraries=benchmark_lib,
         platformio_options=PLATFORMIO_OPTIONS,
         main_entry="main.cpp",
         label="benchmarks",