diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbcursor.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbcursor.cpp
index fefca06da7..454ea0294a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbcursor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbcursor.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 typedef int (*PtrXcursorLibraryLoadCursor)(void *, const char *);
+#ifdef XCB_USE_XLIB
 static PtrXcursorLibraryLoadCursor ptrXcursorLibraryLoadCursor = 0;
+#endif
 static xcb_font_t cursorFont = 0;
 static int cursorCount = 0;