diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ffcc5afe3..513eb3de6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add (rocksdb
     -DWITH_TBB=OFF
     -DWITH_WINDOWS_UTF8_FILENAMES=OFF
     -DWITH_XPRESS=OFF
-    -DPORTABLE=OFF
+    -DPORTABLE=ON
     -DFORCE_SSE42=OFF
     -DDISABLE_STALL_NOTIF=OFF
     -DOPTDBG=ON