diff --git a/tools/detect-parsers/ParserSourceDetector.cpp b/tools/detect-parsers/ParserSourceDetector.cpp
index de1d6479e8..5d59aed6e3 100644
--- a/tools/detect-parsers/ParserSourceDetector.cpp
+++ b/tools/detect-parsers/ParserSourceDetector.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2021-present, Trail of Bits, Inc.
 
-#include "SarifPasses.hpp"
+#ifdef VAST_ENABLE_SARIF
+    #include "SarifPasses.hpp"
 
-#include "vast/Dialect/Parser/Ops.hpp"
-#include "vast/Frontend/Sarif.hpp"
+    #include "vast/Dialect/Parser/Ops.hpp"
+    #include "vast/Frontend/Sarif.hpp"
 
 namespace vast {
     void ParserSourceDetector::runOnOperation() {
@@ -27,3 +28,4 @@ namespace vast {
         });
     }
 } // namespace vast
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/detect-parsers/SarifPasses.hpp b/tools/detect-parsers/SarifPasses.hpp
index adaabd46e9..00efb04d1d 100644
--- a/tools/detect-parsers/SarifPasses.hpp
+++ b/tools/detect-parsers/SarifPasses.hpp
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "vast/Util/Warnings.hpp"
+#ifdef VAST_ENABLE_SARIF
+    #include "vast/Util/Warnings.hpp"
 
 VAST_RELAX_WARNINGS
-#include <mlir/IR/BuiltinOps.h>
-#include <mlir/Pass/Pass.h>
-#include <mlir/Pass/PassManager.h>
+    #include <mlir/IR/BuiltinOps.h>
+    #include <mlir/Pass/Pass.h>
+    #include <mlir/Pass/PassManager.h>
 VAST_UNRELAX_WARNINGS
 
-#include <gap/sarif/sarif.hpp>
+    #include <gap/sarif/sarif.hpp>
 
 namespace vast {
     struct ParserSourceDetector
@@ -23,3 +24,4 @@ namespace vast {
         void runOnOperation() override;
     };
 } // namespace vast
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/detect-parsers/main.cpp b/tools/detect-parsers/main.cpp
index 1cca8a80ca..053a16f27e 100644
--- a/tools/detect-parsers/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/detect-parsers/main.cpp
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ VAST_UNRELAX_WARNINGS
 #include "SarifPasses.hpp"
 
 namespace vast {
-    struct SarifWriter
-        : mlir::PassWrapper<
-              SarifWriter, mlir::OperationPass< mlir::ModuleOp > >
+
+#ifdef VAST_ENABLE_SARIF
+    struct SarifWriter : mlir::PassWrapper< SarifWriter, mlir::OperationPass< mlir::ModuleOp > >
     {
         std::vector< gap::sarif::result > results;
         std::string path;
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ namespace vast {
             }
         );
     }
+#else
+
+    void registerSarifPasses() {}
+#endif
 } // namespace vast
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {