--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 list(APPEND SPM_LIBS absl::status)
-list(APPEND SPM_LIBS absl::status_builder)
+if(TARGET absl::status_builder)
+  list(APPEND SPM_LIBS absl::status_builder)
+endif()
 list(APPEND SPM_LIBS absl::strings)
 list(APPEND SPM_LIBS absl::flags)
 list(APPEND SPM_LIBS absl::flags_parse)
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/status_builder_compat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#ifndef STATUS_BUILDER_COMPAT_H_
+#define STATUS_BUILDER_COMPAT_H_
+
+#if __has_include("third_party/absl/status/status_builder.h")
+#include "third_party/absl/status/status_builder.h"
+#else
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+#include "third_party/absl/status/status.h"
+
+namespace absl {
+
+class StatusBuilder {
+ public:
+  explicit StatusBuilder(StatusCode code) : code_(code) {}
+
+  template <typename T>
+  StatusBuilder& operator<<(const T& value) {
+    stream_ << value;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  operator Status() const { return Status(code_, stream_.str()); }
+
+ private:
+  StatusCode code_;
+  std::ostringstream stream_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace absl
+
+#endif
+#endif  // STATUS_BUILDER_COMPAT_H_
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "third_party/absl/numeric/bits.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/random/random.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/status/status.h"
-#include "third_party/absl/status/status_builder.h"
+#include "status_builder_compat.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/strings/ascii.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/strings/numbers.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/strings/str_cat.h"
--- a/src/spec_parser.h
+++ b/src/spec_parser.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "sentencepiece_processor.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/status/status.h"
-#include "third_party/absl/status/status_builder.h"
+#include "status_builder_compat.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/strings/ascii.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/strings/numbers.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/strings/str_split.h"
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -22,7 +22,15 @@
 #include "third_party/absl/log/globals.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/log/log.h"
 #include "third_party/absl/status/status.h"
+#if __has_include("third_party/absl/status/status_macros.h")
 #include "third_party/absl/status/status_macros.h"
+#else
+#define ABSL_RETURN_IF_ERROR(expr)       \
+  do {                                   \
+    const auto sp_absl_status = (expr);  \
+    if (!sp_absl_status.ok()) return sp_absl_status; \
+  } while (false)
+#endif
 #include "third_party/absl/strings/string_view.h"
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)