diff --git a/thirdparty/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
index 8458d338..d081e05c 100644
--- a/thirdparty/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ set(WITH_TOOLS OFF CACHE BOOL "build with tools" FORCE)
 set(WITH_LZ4 ON CACHE BOOL "build with lz4" FORCE)
 set(USE_RTTI ON CACHE BOOL "build with RTTI" FORCE)
 set(FAIL_ON_WARNINGS OFF CACHE BOOL "build with no Werror" FORCE)
+set(PORTABLE ON CACHE BOOL "build a portable lib" FORCE)
 
 set(_SAVED_CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${EXTERNAL_LIB_DIR})