diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp
index 833320da16..4ec828ac83 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp
@@ -133,10 +133,14 @@ public:
 
     bool copy()
     {
+#ifdef QT_NO_CLIPBOARD
+        return false;
+#else
         if (!copyAvailable)
             return false;
         textEdit->copy();
         return true;
+#endif
     }
 
 private slots: