diff --git a/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.cpp b/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.cpp
index 62b38baf35..be5632112f 100644
--- a/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include "IfcFile.h"
 #include "IfcLogger.h"
 
+#ifdef IFOPSH_WITH_ROCKSDB
 #include <rocksdb/table.h>
 #include <rocksdb/convenience.h>
+#endif
 
 IfcParse::parse_context::~parse_context() {
     for (auto& t : tokens_) {
@@ -462,7 +464,9 @@ IfcParse::impl::rocks_db_file_storage::rocks_db_file_storage(const std::string&
     // @todo by_identity is probably not correct here, this mapping is Name -> Identity, so Fn should have access to full pair?
     // , byidentity_(&byid_, [this](size_t v) { return assert_existance(v, by_identity); }, [](IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* v) { return v->identity(); })
 {
+#ifdef IFOPSH_WITH_ROCKSDB
     wopts.disableWAL = true;
+#endif
 }
 
 IfcParse::impl::rocks_db_file_storage::~rocks_db_file_storage()
diff --git a/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp b/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp
index ce7ca45d48..0b0191993f 100644
--- a/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp
@@ -2529,6 +2529,7 @@ std::vector<int> IfcFile::get_inverse_indices(int instance_id) {
                 }
             }
         } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(x)>, impl::rocks_db_file_storage>) {
+#ifdef IFOPSH_WITH_ROCKSDB
             // @todo no lower/upper_bounds() implemented yet
             auto prefix = "v|" + std::to_string(instance_id) + "|";
             auto it = std::unique_ptr<rocksdb::Iterator>(x.db->NewIterator(rocksdb::ReadOptions()));
@@ -2542,7 +2543,7 @@ std::vector<int> IfcFile::get_inverse_indices(int instance_id) {
                 }
                 it->Next();
             }
-
+#endif
         }
     }, storage_);