diff --git a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
index 59986a3b3c4eaf9aac9711c13fb39bdd003cf698..1f34f9080a05d324d0e39819665b1190b65b1b21 100644
--- a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ if(${BUILD_WITH_ROCKSDB})
     option(WITH_FALLOCATE "" OFF)
     option(WITH_JEMALLOC "" OFF)
     option(WITH_GFLAGS "" OFF)
-    option(PORTABLE "" OFF)
+    option(PORTABLE "" ON)
     option(WITH_LIBURING "" OFF)
     option(FAIL_ON_WARNINGS OFF)