diff --git a/panda/src/display/CMakeLists.txt b/panda/src/display/CMakeLists.txt
index a8479dc9a2..b7e0a0d8a8 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/panda/src/display/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ composite_sources(p3display P3DISPLAY_SOURCES)
 add_component_library(p3display SYMBOL BUILDING_PANDA_DISPLAY
   ${P3DISPLAY_HEADERS} ${P3DISPLAY_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(p3display p3cull p3pgraphnodes)
-target_use_packages(p3display X11)
+if(HAVE_X11)
+  target_use_packages(p3display X11)
+endif()
 target_interrogate(p3display ALL EXTENSIONS ${P3DISPLAY_IGATEEXT})
 
 install(TARGETS p3display DESTINATION lib)