diff --git a/ports/rocksdb/CONTROL b/ports/rocksdb/CONTROL
index 94bcc35fd05..8ec367068cf 100644
--- a/ports/rocksdb/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/rocksdb/CONTROL
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ Description: snappy support in rocksdb
 Feature: zlib
 Build-Depends: zlib
 Description: zlib support in rocksdb
+
+Feature: tbb
+Build-Depends: tbb
+Description: tbb support in rocksdb
diff --git a/ports/rocksdb/portfile.cmake b/ports/rocksdb/portfile.cmake
index 5f19e0a8874..202ef61a850 100644
--- a/ports/rocksdb/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/rocksdb/portfile.cmake
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ if("zlib" IN_LIST FEATURES)
   set(WITH_ZLIB ON)
 endif()
 
+set(WITH_TBB OFF)
+set(ROCKSDB_IGNORE_PACKAGE_TBB TRUE)
+if("tbb" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+  set(WITH_TBB ON)
+  set(ROCKSDB_IGNORE_PACKAGE_TBB FALSE)
+endif()
+
+
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
   SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
   PREFER_NINJA
@@ -47,6 +55,7 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
   -DWITH_SNAPPY=${WITH_SNAPPY}
   -DWITH_LZ4=${WITH_LZ4}
   -DWITH_ZLIB=${WITH_ZLIB}
+  -DWITH_TBB=${WITH_TBB}
   -DWITH_TESTS=OFF
   -DUSE_RTTI=1
   -DROCKSDB_INSTALL_ON_WINDOWS=ON
@@ -56,7 +65,7 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
   -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=d
   -DROCKSDB_DISABLE_INSTALL_SHARED_LIB=${ROCKSDB_DISABLE_INSTALL_SHARED_LIB}
   -DROCKSDB_DISABLE_INSTALL_STATIC_LIB=${ROCKSDB_DISABLE_INSTALL_STATIC_LIB}
-  -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_TBB=TRUE
+  -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_TBB=${ROCKSDB_IGNORE_PACKAGE_TBB}
   -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_NUMA=TRUE
   -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_gtest=TRUE
   -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Git=TRUE