diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 505733f1c2..75d490f826 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ if [ "$PORTABLE_BUILD" == "0" ]; then
   PORTABLE=
 fi
 
+TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=1
+if [ "$ENABLE_METRICS_BUILD" == "0" ]; then
+  TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=0
+fi
+
 if [ `uname` == Darwin ]; then
 	cpuNum=`sysctl -n machdep.cpu.thread_count`
 else
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ make LINK_TERARK=static \
      EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="-DROCKSDB_VALGRIND_RUN=$VALGRIND" \
      BMI2=$WITH_BMI2 \
      DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1 \
-     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=1 \
+     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=$TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS \
      PORTABLE=$PORTABLE \
      DEBUG_LEVEL=0 shared_lib -j $cpuNum
 
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ make LINK_TERARK=static \
      EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="-DROCKSDB_VALGRIND_RUN=$VALGRIND" \
      BMI2=$WITH_BMI2 \
      DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1 \
-     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=1 \
+     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=$TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS \
      PORTABLE=$PORTABLE \
      DEBUG_LEVEL=1 shared_lib -j $cpuNum
 
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ make LINK_TERARK=static \
      EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="-DROCKSDB_VALGRIND_RUN=$VALGRIND" \
      BMI2=$WITH_BMI2 \
      DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1 \
-     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=1 \
+     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=$TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS \
      PORTABLE=$PORTABLE \
      DEBUG_LEVEL=2 shared_lib -j $cpuNum
 
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ make LINK_TERARK=static \
      EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="-DROCKSDB_VALGRIND_RUN=$VALGRIND" \
      BMI2=$WITH_BMI2 \
      DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1 \
-     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=1 \
+     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=$TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS \
      PORTABLE=$PORTABLE \
      DEBUG_LEVEL=0 static_lib -j $cpuNum
 
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ make LINK_TERARK=static \
      EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="-DROCKSDB_VALGRIND_RUN=$VALGRIND" \
      BMI2=$WITH_BMI2 \
      DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1 \
-     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=1 \
+     TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS=$TERARKDB_ENABLE_METRICS \
      PORTABLE=$PORTABLE \
      DEBUG_LEVEL=2 static_lib -j $cpuNum