diff --git a/src/ifcparse/parse_ifcxml.cpp b/src/ifcparse/parse_ifcxml.cpp
index b211c7cbcc..916ee6b307 100644
--- a/src/ifcparse/parse_ifcxml.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcparse/parse_ifcxml.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #define BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE
 
+#ifdef WITH_IFCXML
+
 #include "IfcFile.h"
 
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
@@ -623,3 +625,5 @@ IFC_PARSE_API IfcParse::IfcFile* IfcParse::parse_ifcxml(const std::string& filen
 	return state.file;
 }
 #endif
+
+#endif // WITH_IFCXML
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