diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index 6f19ad5..06c4847 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_PMD_PACKET_PREFETCH=y
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV=y
 CONFIG_RTE_BBDEV_MAX_DEVS=128
 CONFIG_RTE_BBDEV_OFFLOAD_COST=y
+CONFIG_RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2=n
 
 #
 # Compile PMD for NULL bbdev device
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_NULL=y
 #
 # Compile PMD for turbo software bbdev device
 #
-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_TURBO_SW=n
+CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_TURBO_SW=y
 
 #
 # Compile generic crypto device library
diff --git a/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/Makefile b/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/Makefile
index d364677..414d0d9 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 
-ifeq ($(FLEXRAN_SDK),)
-$(error "Please define FLEXRAN_SDK environment variable")
-endif
 
 # library name
 LIB = librte_pmd_bbdev_turbo_sw.a
@@ -21,17 +18,21 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_bus_vdev
 # versioning export map
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_bbdev_turbo_sw_version.map
 
-# external library dependencies
+# external library dependencies if available
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2),y)
+ifeq ($(FLEXRAN_SDK),)
+$(error "Please define FLEXRAN_SDK environment variable")
+endif
 CFLAGS += -I$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_common
 CFLAGS += -I$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_turbo
 CFLAGS += -I$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_crc
 CFLAGS += -I$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_rate_matching
-
 LDLIBS += -L$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_turbo -lturbo
 LDLIBS += -L$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_crc -lcrc
 LDLIBS += -L$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_rate_matching -lrate_matching
 LDLIBS += -L$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_common -lcommon
-LDLIBS += -lstdc++ -lirc -limf -lipps
+LDLIBS += -lstdc++ -lirc -limf -lipps -lsvml
+endif
 
 # library version
 LIBABIVER := 1
diff --git a/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/bbdev_turbo_software.c b/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/bbdev_turbo_software.c
index 5204a77..cac8920 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/bbdev_turbo_software.c
+++ b/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/bbdev_turbo_software.c
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
 #include <rte_bbdev.h>
 #include <rte_bbdev_pmd.h>
 
+#ifdef RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2
 #include <phy_turbo.h>
 #include <phy_crc.h>
 #include <phy_rate_match.h>
-#include <divide.h>
+#endif
 
 #define DRIVER_NAME baseband_turbo_sw
 
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 	enum rte_bbdev_op_type type;
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
+#ifdef RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2
 static inline char *
 mbuf_append(struct rte_mbuf *m_head, struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t len)
 {
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 
 	return result;
 }
+#endif
 
 /* Read flag value 0/1 from bitmap */
 static inline bool
@@ -143,6 +146,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 	struct bbdev_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
 
 	static const struct rte_bbdev_op_cap bbdev_capabilities[] = {
+#ifdef RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2
 		{
 			.type = RTE_BBDEV_OP_TURBO_DEC,
 			.cap.turbo_dec = {
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 				.num_buffers_dst = RTE_BBDEV_MAX_CODE_BLOCKS,
 			}
 		},
+#endif
 		RTE_BBDEV_END_OF_CAPABILITIES_LIST()
 	};
 
@@ -410,6 +415,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 	.queue_release = q_release
 };
 
+#ifdef RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2
 /* Checks if the encoder input buffer is correct.
  * Returns 0 if it's valid, -1 otherwise.
  */
@@ -464,6 +470,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif
 
 static inline void
 process_enc_cb(struct turbo_sw_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op,
@@ -472,6 +479,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 		struct rte_mbuf *m_out, uint16_t in_offset, uint16_t out_offset,
 		uint16_t in_length, struct rte_bbdev_stats *q_stats)
 {
+#ifdef RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2
 	int ret;
 	int16_t k_idx;
 	uint16_t m;
@@ -724,6 +732,22 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 		}
 		*tmp_out = 0;
 	}
+#else
+	RTE_SET_USED(q);
+	RTE_SET_USED(op);
+	RTE_SET_USED(r);
+	RTE_SET_USED(c);
+	RTE_SET_USED(k);
+	RTE_SET_USED(ncb);
+	RTE_SET_USED(e);
+	RTE_SET_USED(m_in);
+	RTE_SET_USED(m_out_head);
+	RTE_SET_USED(m_out);
+	RTE_SET_USED(in_offset);
+	RTE_SET_USED(out_offset);
+	RTE_SET_USED(in_length);
+	RTE_SET_USED(q_stats);
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -835,6 +859,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 			NULL);
 }
 
+#ifdef RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2
 static inline void
 move_padding_bytes(const uint8_t *in, uint8_t *out, uint16_t k,
 		uint16_t ncb)
@@ -847,6 +872,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 	rte_memcpy(&out[nd + kpi + 64], &in[kpi], d);
 	rte_memcpy(&out[(nd - 1) + 2 * (kpi + 64)], &in[2 * kpi], d);
 }
+#endif
 
 static inline void
 process_dec_cb(struct turbo_sw_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op,
@@ -856,6 +882,7 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 		uint16_t crc24_overlap, uint16_t in_length,
 		struct rte_bbdev_stats *q_stats)
 {
+#ifdef RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2
 	int ret;
 	int32_t k_idx;
 	int32_t iter_cnt;
@@ -972,6 +999,22 @@ struct turbo_sw_queue {
 		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo Decoder failed");
 		return;
 	}
+#else
+	RTE_SET_USED(q);
+	RTE_SET_USED(op);
+	RTE_SET_USED(c);
+	RTE_SET_USED(k);
+	RTE_SET_USED(kw);
+	RTE_SET_USED(m_in);
+	RTE_SET_USED(m_out_head);
+	RTE_SET_USED(m_out);
+	RTE_SET_USED(in_offset);
+	RTE_SET_USED(out_offset);
+	RTE_SET_USED(check_crc_24b);
+	RTE_SET_USED(crc24_overlap);
+	RTE_SET_USED(in_length);
+	RTE_SET_USED(q_stats);
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/mk/rte.app.mk b/mk/rte.app.mk
index b6106e1..3a2183b 100644
--- a/mk/rte.app.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.app.mk
@@ -218,11 +218,14 @@ _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_NULL)     += -lrte_pmd_bbdev_null
 
 # TURBO SOFTWARE PMD is dependent on the FLEXRAN library
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_TURBO_SW) += -lrte_pmd_bbdev_turbo_sw
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2),y)
+# Dependency on the FLEXRAN SDK library if available
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_TURBO_SW) += -L$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_crc -lcrc
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_TURBO_SW) += -L$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_turbo -lturbo
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_TURBO_SW) += -L$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_rate_matching -lrate_matching
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_TURBO_SW) += -L$(FLEXRAN_SDK)/lib_common -lcommon
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_BBDEV_TURBO_SW) += -lirc -limf -lstdc++ -lipps
+endif # CONFIG_RTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX2
 endif # CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV),y)
