diff --git a/pyperformance/cli.py b/pyperformance/cli.py
index cac15c33..3628b7a0 100644
--- a/pyperformance/cli.py
+++ b/pyperformance/cli.py
@@ -317,11 +317,11 @@ def _benchmarks_from_options(options):
     if not getattr(options, "benchmarks", None):
         return None
     manifest = _manifest_from_options(options)
-    return _select_benchmarks(options.benchmarks, manifest)
+    return _select_benchmarks(options.benchmarks, manifest, options.python)
 
 
-def _select_benchmarks(raw, manifest):
-    from pyperformance import _benchmark_selections
+def _select_benchmarks(raw, manifest, python):
+    from pyperformance import _benchmark_selections, _pythoninfo
 
     # Get the raw list of benchmarks.
     entries = raw.lower()
@@ -342,12 +342,13 @@ def parse_entry(o, s):
 
     # Get the selections.
     selected = []
-    this_python_version = ".".join(map(str, sys.version_info[:3]))
+    info = _pythoninfo.get_info(python)
+    this_python_version = ".".join(map(str, info.sys.version_info[:3]))
     for bench in _benchmark_selections.iter_selections(manifest, parsed_infos):
         if isinstance(bench, str):
             logging.warning(f"no benchmark named {bench!r}")
             continue
-        # Filter out any benchmarks that can't be run on the Python version we're running
+        # Filter using the target interpreter, which may differ from the running Python.
         if this_python_version in bench.python:
             selected.append(bench)
 
diff --git a/pyperformance/tests/test_commands.py b/pyperformance/tests/test_commands.py
index 5b44f015..80f63979 100644
--- a/pyperformance/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/pyperformance/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
 import os
 import os.path
 import shutil
+import sys
 import textwrap
 import unittest
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pyperformance
-from pyperformance import tests
+from pyperformance import _pythoninfo, cli, tests
+
+
+class BenchmarkSelectionTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_target_python_version(self):
+        options = SimpleNamespace(
+            benchmarks="async_tree_eager", manifest=None, python="target-python"
+        )
+        info = SimpleNamespace(sys=SimpleNamespace(version_info=(3, 16, 0)))
+        with (
+            mock.patch.object(sys, "version_info", (3, 11, 0)),
+            mock.patch.object(_pythoninfo, "get_info", return_value=info) as get_info,
+        ):
+            benchmarks = cli._benchmarks_from_options(options)
+
+        get_info.assert_called_once_with("target-python")
+        self.assertEqual([bench.name for bench in benchmarks], ["async_tree_eager"])
 
 
 class FullStackTests(tests.Functional, unittest.TestCase):