diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f7182c56a..f22b8753f8 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ if (USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
 
     AddJsonPackage(discord-rpc)
 
-    target_include_directories(discord-rpc INTERFACE ${discord-rpc_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-    add_library(DiscordRPC::discord-rpc ALIAS discord-rpc)
+    if (DiscordRPC_ADDED)
+        target_include_directories(discord-rpc INTERFACE ${DiscordRPC_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+        add_library(DiscordRPC::discord-rpc ALIAS discord-rpc)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 # SimpleIni