diff --git a/interface/CPP/model_factory_softsaft.cpp b/interface/CPP/model_factory_softsaft.cpp
index 331d1ea..a48692b 100644
--- a/interface/CPP/model_factory_softsaft.cpp
+++ b/interface/CPP/model_factory_softsaft.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 #include "teqp/cpp/teqpcpp.hpp"
 #include "teqp/cpp/deriv_adapter.hpp"
+
+
+#include "model_flags.hpp" // Contains (optionally) macros to disable various models
+
+#ifndef DISABLE_SOFTSAFT
 #include "teqp/models/saft/softsaft.hpp"
+#endif
+
 
 namespace teqp{
     namespace cppinterface{
+#ifndef DISABLE_SOFTSAFT
         std::unique_ptr<teqp::cppinterface::AbstractModel> make_SOFTSAFT(const nlohmann::json &spec){
             return teqp::cppinterface::adapter::make_owned(saft::softsaft::SoftSAFT(spec));
         }
+#else
+        std::unique_ptr<teqp::cppinterface::AbstractModel> make_SOFTSAFT(const nlohmann::json &){
+            throw teqp::NotImplementedError("The soft SAFT model has been disabled");
+        }
+#endif
     }
 }