diff --git a/src/LogBackend.hxx b/src/LogBackend.hxx
index 75a692ede..23df2037e 100644
--- a/src/LogBackend.hxx
+++ b/src/LogBackend.hxx
@@ -20,14 +20,19 @@
 #ifndef MPD_LOG_BACKEND_HXX
 #define MPD_LOG_BACKEND_HXX
 
+#include "check.h"
 #include "LogLevel.hxx"
 
 void
 SetLogThreshold(LogLevel _threshold);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GLIB
+
 void
 SetLogCharset(const char *_charset);
 
+#endif
+
 void
 EnableLogTimestamp();
 
diff --git a/src/LogInit.cxx b/src/LogInit.cxx
index 2a5d4d7c5..38dd5356b 100644
--- a/src/LogInit.cxx
+++ b/src/LogInit.cxx
@@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ void setup_log_output(bool use_stdout)
 	close(out_fd);
 	out_fd = -1;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GLIB
 	SetLogCharset(nullptr);
+#endif
 }
 
 int cycle_log_files(void)