diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 786aa938f4f98d71373315c025431b5187894aa5..4d863aecaf7e0c493a0dcead1fb76dc9ed6efd4b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ENDIF()
 SET(CXX_DISABLE_WERROR True)
 
 # Create different building options
-OPTION(ENABLE_VECTORIZATION "Enable vectorization and futhers processor-related optimizations" OFF)
+OPTION(ENABLE_VECTORIZATION "Enable vectorization and futhers processor-related optimizations" ON)
 OPTION(BUILD_PYTHON_INTERFACE "Build the python binding" ON)
 OPTION(BUILD_UNIT_TESTS "Build the unitary tests" ON)
 OPTION(BUILD_BENCHMARK "Build the benchmark" ON)
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ IF(BUILD_BENCHMARK)
 ENDIF(BUILD_BENCHMARK)
 
 
-SETUP_PROJECT_FINALIZE()
\ No newline at end of file
+SETUP_PROJECT_FINALIZE()