diff --git a/cmake/external/rocksdb.cmake b/cmake/external/rocksdb.cmake
index 41a1916dc3308391aee7bfc70993dea2a0c5e496..673b143aba853688ff433639576dbe4675db2b73 100644
--- a/cmake/external/rocksdb.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/rocksdb.cmake
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
              -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
              -DWITH_BZ2=OFF
+             -DPORTABLE=1
              -DWITH_GFLAGS=OFF
              -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${ROCKSDB_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
              -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}