diff --git a/cmake/FindGooglePerfTools.cmake b/cmake/FindGooglePerfTools.cmake
index f73f449ecf..4af2685289 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGooglePerfTools.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGooglePerfTools.cmake
@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ MARK_AS_ADVANCED(
   GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC
   GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER
 )
+
+option(GTSAM_ENABLE_GPERFTOOLS                   "Enable/Disable Gperftools" OFF)
diff --git a/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt b/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a4b6ac3a5..87440d19f1 100644
--- a/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ if (GTSAM_USE_EIGEN_MKL)
   target_include_directories(gtsam PUBLIC ${MKL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif()
 
-if (GPERFTOOLS_FOUND)
+if (GTSAM_ENABLE_GPERFTOOLS AND GPERFTOOLS_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(gtsam PRIVATE ${GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC} ${GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER})
 endif()