diff --git a/src/lib/core/cache/TileCache.cpp b/src/lib/core/cache/TileCache.cpp
index c5cf29197..ce1c73006 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/cache/TileCache.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/core/cache/TileCache.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ TileCacheEntry::~TileCacheEntry()
 {
    delete processor;
 }
-TileCache::TileCache(GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY strategy) : tileComposite(nullptr), strategy_(strategy)
+TileCache::TileCache(uint32_t strategy) : tileComposite(nullptr), strategy_(strategy)
 {
    tileComposite = new GrkImage();
 }
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ TileCacheEntry* TileCache::get(uint16_t tile_index)
 
    return nullptr;
 }
-void TileCache::setStrategy(GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY strategy)
+void TileCache::setStrategy(uint32_t strategy)
 {
    strategy_ = strategy;
 }
-GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY TileCache::getStrategy(void)
+uint32_t TileCache::getStrategy(void)
 {
    return strategy_;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/core/cache/TileCache.h b/src/lib/core/cache/TileCache.h
index e9a6f2b17..80fefcf72 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/cache/TileCache.h
+++ b/src/lib/core/cache/TileCache.h
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ struct TileCacheEntry
 class TileCache
 {
  public:
-   TileCache(GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY strategy);
+   TileCache(uint32_t strategy);
    TileCache(void);
    virtual ~TileCache();
 
    bool empty(void);
-   void setStrategy(GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY strategy);
-   GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY getStrategy(void);
+   void setStrategy(uint32_t strategy);
+   uint32_t getStrategy(void);
    TileCacheEntry* put(uint16_t tile_index, TileProcessor* processor);
    TileCacheEntry* get(uint16_t tile_index);
    GrkImage* getComposite(void);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class TileCache
    // each component is sub-sampled and resolution-reduced
    GrkImage* tileComposite;
    std::map<uint32_t, TileCacheEntry*> cache_;
-   GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY strategy_;
+   uint32_t strategy_;
 };
 
 } // namespace grk
diff --git a/src/lib/core/grok.h b/src/lib/core/grok.h
index 90efe4e8f..60ed94d19 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/grok.h
+++ b/src/lib/core/grok.h
@@ -580,12 +580,14 @@ typedef struct _grk_stream_params
 /**
  * @brief Grok tile cache strategy
  */
-typedef enum _GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY
-{
-   GRK_TILE_CACHE_NONE, /* no tile caching */
-   GRK_TILE_CACHE_IMAGE, /* cache final tile image */
-   GRK_TILE_CACHE_ALL /* cache everything */
-} GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY;
+/* no tile caching */
+#define GRK_TILE_CACHE_NONE 0
+/* cache final tile image */
+#define GRK_TILE_CACHE_IMAGE 1
+/* cache each code block output */
+#define GRK_TILE_CACHE_BLOCK 2
+/* cache everything */
+#define GRK_TILE_CACHE_ALL 4
 
 /**
  * @struct grk_decompress_core_params
@@ -608,7 +610,7 @@ typedef struct _grk_decompress_core_params
   used, all the quality layers are decompressed
   */
    uint16_t layers_to_decompress; /* layers to decompress */
-   GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY tile_cache_strategy; /* tile cache strategy */
+   uint32_t tile_cache_strategy; /* tile cache strategy */
 
    uint32_t random_access_flags; /* random access flags */
 
diff --git a/src/lib/core/tile/TileProcessor.cpp b/src/lib/core/tile/TileProcessor.cpp
index 04477cb0d..551696c7c 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/tile/TileProcessor.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/core/tile/TileProcessor.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ GrkImage* TileProcessor::getImage(void)
 {
    return image_;
 }
-void TileProcessor::release(GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY strategy)
+void TileProcessor::release(uint32_t strategy)
 {
    // delete image in absence of tile cache strategy
    if(strategy == GRK_TILE_CACHE_NONE)
diff --git a/src/lib/core/tile/TileProcessor.h b/src/lib/core/tile/TileProcessor.h
index 95585f7de..fc8cb0cc6 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/tile/TileProcessor.h
+++ b/src/lib/core/tile/TileProcessor.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct TileProcessor
    bool cacheTilePartPackets(CodeStreamDecompress* codeStream);
    void generateImage(GrkImage* src_image, Tile* src_tile);
    GrkImage* getImage(void);
-   void release(GRK_TILE_CACHE_STRATEGY strategy);
+   void release(uint32_t strategy);
    void setCorruptPacket(void);
    PacketTracker* getPacketTracker(void);
    grk_rect32 getUnreducedTileWindow(void);