diff --git a/ios/TestApp/TestApp/Benchmark.h b/ios/TestApp/TestApp/Benchmark.h
index cd45665aba46ec..c05cc60b01d398 100644
--- a/ios/TestApp/TestApp/Benchmark.h
+++ b/ios/TestApp/TestApp/Benchmark.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#ifdef BUILD_LITE_INTERPRETER
+
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
@@ -10,3 +12,4 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
+#endif
diff --git a/ios/TestApp/TestApp/Benchmark.mm b/ios/TestApp/TestApp/Benchmark.mm
index 2070eff723ecfb..6b94e1b18062d2 100644
--- a/ios/TestApp/TestApp/Benchmark.mm
+++ b/ios/TestApp/TestApp/Benchmark.mm
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#ifdef BUILD_LITE_INTERPRETER
+
 #import "Benchmark.h"
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -103,3 +105,4 @@ + (NSString*)run {
 }
 
 @end
+#endif
diff --git a/ios/TestApp/TestApp/ViewController.mm b/ios/TestApp/TestApp/ViewController.mm
index 89ba1202392b85..413d4e9d88f827 100644
--- a/ios/TestApp/TestApp/ViewController.mm
+++ b/ios/TestApp/TestApp/ViewController.mm
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #import "ViewController.h"
 
+
+#ifdef BUILD_LITE_INTERPRETER
 #import "Benchmark.h"
+#endif
 
 @interface ViewController ()
 @property(nonatomic, strong) UITextView* textView;
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@ @implementation ViewController
 - (void)viewDidLoad {
   [super viewDidLoad];
 
+#ifdef BUILD_LITE_INTERPRETER
   self.textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
   self.textView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
   [self.view addSubview:self.textView];
@@ -30,8 +34,10 @@ - (void)viewDidLoad {
 
   [Benchmark setup:config];
   [self runBenchmark];
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef BUILD_LITE_INTERPRETER
 - (void)runBenchmark {
   self.textView.text = @"Start benchmarking...\n";
   dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
@@ -41,5 +47,6 @@ - (void)runBenchmark {
     });
   });
 }
+#endif
 
 @end
diff --git a/ios/TestApp/benchmark/setup.rb b/ios/TestApp/benchmark/setup.rb
index b7e64bdc319b7a..3b491abec3c32c 100644
--- a/ios/TestApp/benchmark/setup.rb
+++ b/ios/TestApp/benchmark/setup.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
         config.build_settings['LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS']   = libraries_search_path
         config.build_settings['OTHER_LDFLAGS']          = other_linker_flags
         config.build_settings['ENABLE_BITCODE']         = 'No'
+        if (options[:lite])
+            config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] = ['$(inherited)', "BUILD_LITE_INTERPRETER"]
+        else
+            config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] = ['$(inherited)']
+        end
         dev_team_id = options[:team_id]
         if dev_team_id
             config.build_settings['DEVELOPMENT_TEAM']   = dev_team_id