diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2611d70867f..e186fa61cbb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ IF(WANT_QT5)
 		Qt5::Xml
 	)
 
-	IF(LMMS_BUILD_LINUX)
+	IF(LMMS_BUILD_LINUX AND WANT_VST)
 		FIND_PACKAGE(Qt5X11Extras REQUIRED)
 		LIST(APPEND QT_LIBRARIES Qt5::X11Extras)
 	ENDIF()
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/src/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 5dec2890c45..d546fd06e87 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "")
 
-IF(QT5 AND LMMS_BUILD_LINUX)
+IF(QT5 AND LMMS_BUILD_LINUX AND WANT_VST)
 	set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
 	add_subdirectory(qt5-x11embed)
 ENDIF()