diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc019564..e14e2325 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Make std::execution optional via `HTOOL_WITH_STD_EXECUTION_API` macro to avoid linking with TBB. Default to false.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 ## [1.0.2] - 2026-02-14
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 910f3e41..2d608906 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ endif()
 option(HTOOL_WITH_EXAMPLES "Build htool examples ?" ON)
 option(HTOOL_WITH_DOC "Build documentation" ON)
 option(HTOOL_WITH_STRICT_TESTS "Add -Werror to the tests" OFF)
+option(HTOOL_WITH_STD_EXECUTION_API "Use std::execution API" OFF)
 
 #=============================================================================#
 #========================== External Libraries ===============================#
@@ -144,6 +145,10 @@ if("${BLA_VENDOR}" STREQUAL "Intel10_32"
     target_compile_definitions(htool INTERFACE "-DHPDDM_MKL -DHTOOL_MKL")
 endif()
 
+if(HTOOL_WITH_STD_EXECUTION_API)
+    target_compile_definitions(htool INTERFACE "-DHTOOL_WITH_STD_EXECUTION_API")
+endif()
+
 if(IS_INTEL_MKL)
     target_link_libraries(htool INTERFACE "-ltbb")
 endif()
diff --git a/include/htool/hmatrix/execution_policies.hpp b/include/htool/hmatrix/execution_policies.hpp
index c2f7fd57..94be1e8a 100644
--- a/include/htool/hmatrix/execution_policies.hpp
+++ b/include/htool/hmatrix/execution_policies.hpp
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 #include "hmatrix.hpp"
 #include <vector>
-#if __has_include(<execution>)
+#if defined(HTOOL_WITH_STD_EXECUTION_API) && HTOOL_WITH_STD_EXECUTION_API && __has_include(<execution>)
 #    include <execution>
 #endif
-#if defined(__cpp_lib_execution) && __cplusplus >= 201703L
+#if defined(HTOOL_WITH_STD_EXECUTION_API) && HTOOL_WITH_STD_EXECUTION_API && __has_include(<execution>) && defined(__cpp_lib_execution) && __cplusplus >= 201703L
 namespace exec_compat {
 using parallel_policy     = std::execution::parallel_policy;
 inline constexpr auto par = std::execution::par;