diff --git a/CMake/fletch-tarballs.cmake b/CMake/fletch-tarballs.cmake
index 643af5f5..fb0a58f9 100644
--- a/CMake/fletch-tarballs.cmake
+++ b/CMake/fletch-tarballs.cmake
@@ -376,9 +376,16 @@ endif()
 list(APPEND fletch_external_sources GDAL)
 
 # PDAL
-set(PDAL_version 1.7.2)
+set(PDAL_SELECT_VERSION 2.2.0 CACHE STRING "Select the version of PDAL to build.")
+set_property(CACHE PDAL_SELECT_VERSION PROPERTY STRINGS "1.7.2" "2.2.0")
+
+set(PDAL_version ${PDAL_SELECT_VERSION})
 set(PDAL_url "https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/${PDAL_version}/PDAL-${PDAL_version}-src.tar.gz")
-set(PDAL_md5 "a89710005fd54e6d2436955e2e542838")
+if (PDAL_version VERSION_EQUAL 1.7.2)
+  set(PDAL_md5 "a89710005fd54e6d2436955e2e542838")
+else()
+  set(PDAL_md5 "52d84c5b64b7cd30770a225e3d13fce3")
+endif()
 list(APPEND fletch_external_sources PDAL)
 
 # GeographicLib
diff --git a/Doc/release-notes/master.txt b/Doc/release-notes/master.txt
index 8f37bdab..f8d1ed18 100644
--- a/Doc/release-notes/master.txt
+++ b/Doc/release-notes/master.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Updates since v1.4.0
  * Remove support for OpenCV 2
  * Add VTK version 9.0.1
  * Update PyBind11 from 2.2.1 to 2.5.0
+ * Add and optional PDAL update to version 2.2.0
 
 Fixes since v1.4.0
 ------------------