diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 75b94234..75bf780f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ option(ORC_BUILD_COMMAND    "Build any OrcCommand based command" ON)
 option(ORC_BUILD_FASTFIND   "Build FastFind binary" ON)
 option(ORC_BUILD_ORC        "Build Orc binary" ON)
 option(ORC_BUILD_PARQUET    "Build Parquet module" OFF)
+option(ORC_BUILD_TLSH       "Build with tlsh support" OFF)
 option(ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP     "Build with ssdeep support" OFF)
 option(ORC_BUILD_JSON       "Build with JSON StructuredOutput enabled" ON)
 option(ORC_BUILD_BOOST_STACKTRACE  "Build with stack backtrace enabled" ON)
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ if(ORC_VCPKG_ROOT)
         boost-scope-exit
         fmt
         spdlog
-        tlsh
         yara
         rapidjson
     )
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ if(ORC_VCPKG_ROOT)
         list(APPEND _PACKAGES boost-stacktrace)
     endif()
 
+    if(ORC_BUILD_TLSH)
+        add_definitions(-DORC_BUILD_TLSH)
+        list(APPEND _PACKAGES tlsh)
+    endif()
+
     if(ORC_BUILD_APACHE_ORC)
         if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET}" STREQUAL "v141_xp")
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Apache Orc requires Seven or later")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f24f610..4fdcc2ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ cmake --build . --config MinSizeRel -- -maxcpucount
 | ORC_BUILD_ORC        | ON                    | Build Orc binary                 |
 | ORC_BUILD_PARQUET    | OFF                   | Build Parquet module (x64)       |
 | ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP     | OFF                   | Build with ssdeep support        |
+| ORC_BUILD_TLSH       | OFF                   | Build with tslh support          |
 | ORC_BUILD_JSON       | ON                    | Build with JSON enabled          |
 | ORC_USE_STATIC_CRT   | ON                    | Use static runtime               |
 | ORC_VCPKG_ROOT       | ${ORC}/external/vcpkg | VCPKG root directory             |
diff --git a/src/OrcLib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OrcLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c98857f..c5033ead 100644
--- a/src/OrcLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OrcLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ orc_add_compile_options()
 find_package(7zip CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
 find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
-find_package(tlsh CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(VisualStudio REQUIRED)
 find_package(Yara REQUIRED)
 
@@ -864,7 +863,6 @@ target_link_libraries(OrcLib
         Wintrust.lib
         Crypt32.lib
         fmt::fmt-header-only
-        tlsh::tlsh
         VisualStudio::CppUnitTest
         yara::yara
         ws2_32.lib
@@ -874,6 +872,11 @@ target_link_libraries(OrcLib
 find_package(RapidJSON CONFIG REQUIRED)
 target_include_directories(OrcLib PRIVATE ${RAPIDJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
+if(ORC_BUILD_TLSH)
+    find_package(tlsh CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(OrcLib PUBLIC tlsh::tlsh)
+endif()
+
 if(ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP)
     find_package(ssdeep CONFIG REQUIRED)
     target_link_libraries(OrcLib PUBLIC ssdeep::fuzzy)
diff --git a/src/OrcLib/FuzzyHashStream.cpp b/src/OrcLib/FuzzyHashStream.cpp
index 72a9881d..e826e2b4 100644
--- a/src/OrcLib/FuzzyHashStream.cpp
+++ b/src/OrcLib/FuzzyHashStream.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 #include "WideAnsi.h"
 #include "BinaryBuffer.h"
 
-#include "tlsh/tlsh.h"
+#ifdef ORC_BUILD_TLSH
+#    include "tlsh/tlsh.h"
+#endif  // ORC_BUILD_TLSH
 
 #ifdef ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP
 #    include "ssdeep/fuzzy.h"
@@ -27,10 +29,14 @@ FuzzyHashStream::Algorithm FuzzyHashStream::GetSupportedAlgorithm(LPCWSTR szAlgo
         return Algorithm::SSDeep;
     }
 #endif  // ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP
+
+#ifdef ORC_BUILD_TSLH
     if (!_wcsnicmp(szAlgo, L"tlsh", wcslen(L"tlsh")))
     {
         return Algorithm::TLSH;
     }
+#endif  // ORC_BUILD_TLSH
+
     return Algorithm::Undefined;
 }
 
@@ -46,6 +52,8 @@ std::wstring FuzzyHashStream::GetSupportedAlgorithm(Algorithm algs)
         retval.append(L"SSDeep");
     }
 #endif  // ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP
+
+#ifdef ORC_BUILD_TLSH
     if (HasFlag(algs, FuzzyHashStream::Algorithm::TLSH))
     {
         if (retval.empty())
@@ -53,6 +61,8 @@ std::wstring FuzzyHashStream::GetSupportedAlgorithm(Algorithm algs)
         else
             retval.append(L",TLSH");
     }
+#endif  // ORC_BUILD_TLSH
+
     return retval;
 }
 
@@ -100,21 +110,18 @@ HRESULT FuzzyHashStream::OpenToWrite(FuzzyHashStream::Algorithm algs, const std:
 
 STDMETHODIMP FuzzyHashStream::Close()
 {
+#ifdef ORC_BUILD_TLSH
     if (m_tlsh)
     {
         m_tlsh->final();
     }
+#endif  // ORC_BUILD_TLSH
 
     return HashStream::Close();
 }
 
 HRESULT FuzzyHashStream::ResetHash(bool bContinue)
 {
-    if (m_tlsh)
-    {
-        m_tlsh->reset();
-    }
-
 #ifdef ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP
     if (m_ssdeep)
     {
@@ -128,20 +135,30 @@ HRESULT FuzzyHashStream::ResetHash(bool bContinue)
     }
 #endif  // ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP
 
+#ifdef ORC_BUILD_TLSH
+    if (m_tlsh)
+    {
+        m_tlsh->reset();
+    }
+
     if (HasFlag(m_Algorithms, FuzzyHashStream::Algorithm::TLSH))
     {
         m_tlsh = std::make_unique<Tlsh>();
     }
+#endif  // ORC_BUILD_TLSH
+
     m_bHashIsValid = true;
     return S_OK;
 }
 
 HRESULT FuzzyHashStream::HashData(LPBYTE pBuffer, DWORD dwBytesToHash)
 {
+#ifdef ORC_BUILD_TLSH
     if (m_tlsh)
     {
         m_tlsh->update(pBuffer, dwBytesToHash);
     }
+#endif  // ORC_BUILD_TLSH
 
 #ifdef ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP
     if (m_ssdeep)
@@ -173,6 +190,7 @@ HRESULT FuzzyHashStream::GetHash(FuzzyHashStream::Algorithm alg, CBinaryBuffer&
 #endif  // ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP
                 break;
             case FuzzyHashStream::Algorithm::TLSH:
+#ifdef ORC_BUILD_TLSH
                 if (HasFlag(m_Algorithms, FuzzyHashStream::Algorithm::TLSH) && m_tlsh)
                 {
                     if (!m_tlsh->isValid())
@@ -187,6 +205,7 @@ HRESULT FuzzyHashStream::GetHash(FuzzyHashStream::Algorithm alg, CBinaryBuffer&
                     }
                     return S_OK;
                 }
+#endif  // ORC_BUILD_TLSH
                 break;
             default:
                 return E_INVALIDARG;
@@ -222,5 +241,7 @@ FuzzyHashStream::~FuzzyHashStream()
     }
 #endif  // ORC_BUILD_SSDEEP
 
+#ifdef ORC_BUILD_TLSH
     m_tlsh.reset();
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/src/OrcLib/FuzzyHashStream.h b/src/OrcLib/FuzzyHashStream.h
index 071eeb4a..b4c8876c 100644
--- a/src/OrcLib/FuzzyHashStream.h
+++ b/src/OrcLib/FuzzyHashStream.h
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ class FuzzyHashStream : public HashStream
 
 protected:
     Algorithm m_Algorithms = Algorithm::Undefined;
+
+#ifdef ORC_BUILD_TLSH
     std::unique_ptr<Tlsh> m_tlsh;
+#endif  // ORC_BUILD_TLSH
+
     struct fuzzy_state* m_ssdeep = nullptr;
 };