diff --git a/src/platformsupport/devicediscovery/devicediscovery.pri b/src/platformsupport/devicediscovery/devicediscovery.pri
index 822b8d4088..530ae3dbb2 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/devicediscovery/devicediscovery.pri
+++ b/src/platformsupport/devicediscovery/devicediscovery.pri
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-linux-* {
+linux-*:contains(QT_CONFIG, evdev) {
     HEADERS += $$PWD/qdevicediscovery_p.h
 
     contains(QT_CONFIG, libudev) {