diff --git a/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt b/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a4b6ac3a..87440d19f 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()