diff --git a/gst/gl/gstgl_nvimage.c b/gst/gl/gstgl_nvimage.c
index 79caf2be6c..84a1ad95c0 100644
--- a/gst/gl/gstgl_nvimage.c
+++ b/gst/gl/gstgl_nvimage.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 /* gcc -ansi -pedantic on GNU/Linux causes warnings and errors
diff --git a/gst/gl/gstgl_pdrimage.c b/gst/gl/gstgl_pdrimage.c
index 00df9a60a3..3cc5c57f7b 100644
--- a/gst/gl/gstgl_pdrimage.c
+++ b/gst/gl/gstgl_pdrimage.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 /* gcc -ansi -pedantic on GNU/Linux causes warnings and errors
diff --git a/gst/gl/gstglsink.c b/gst/gl/gstglsink.c
index 3e1e56ceed..21cac1f36e 100644
--- a/gst/gl/gstglsink.c
+++ b/gst/gl/gstglsink.c
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 <ds-work> _chain, -get, _loop
 */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <config.h>
+#endif
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>