diff --git a/thunar/thunar-notify.c b/thunar/thunar-notify.c
index 428e4c683ba99df9135bf3c330bfedc02aed6c5f..0f4f832f0be72f418e7d197012c71858c23b0d63 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-notify.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-notify.c
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBNOTIFY
 #include <libnotify/notify.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <thunar/thunar-notify.h>
 #include <thunar/thunar-device.h>