diff --git a/libnymea-core/devices/devicemanagerimplementation.cpp b/libnymea-core/devices/devicemanagerimplementation.cpp
index 2ca37902..f7f9f8d8 100644
--- a/libnymea-core/devices/devicemanagerimplementation.cpp
+++ b/libnymea-core/devices/devicemanagerimplementation.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 
 #include "devicemanagerimplementation.h"
 #include "translator.h"
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,12,0)
 #include "scriptdeviceplugin.h"
+#endif
 
 #include "loggingcategories.h"
 #include "typeutils.h"
@@ -1118,6 +1120,7 @@ void DeviceManagerImplementation::loadPlugins()
         }
     }
 
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,12,0)
     foreach (const QString &path, pluginSearchDirs()) {
         QDir dir(path);
         qCDebug(dcDeviceManager) << "Loading JS plugins from:" << dir.absolutePath();
@@ -1152,6 +1155,7 @@ void DeviceManagerImplementation::loadPlugins()
             loadPlugin(plugin, metaData);
         }
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 void DeviceManagerImplementation::loadPlugin(DevicePlugin *pluginIface, const PluginMetadata &metaData)
diff --git a/libnymea-core/libnymea-core.pro b/libnymea-core/libnymea-core.pro
index b1f07e6e..f915cba1 100644
--- a/libnymea-core/libnymea-core.pro
+++ b/libnymea-core/libnymea-core.pro
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ RESOURCES += $$top_srcdir/icons.qrc \
 
 HEADERS += nymeacore.h \
     devices/devicemanagerimplementation.h \
-    devices/scriptdeviceplugin.h \
     devices/translator.h \
     experiences/experiencemanager.h \
     jsonrpc/jsonrpcserverimplementation.h \
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ HEADERS += nymeacore.h \
 
 SOURCES += nymeacore.cpp \
     devices/devicemanagerimplementation.cpp \
-    devices/scriptdeviceplugin.cpp \
     devices/translator.cpp \
     experiences/experiencemanager.cpp \
     jsonrpc/jsonrpcserverimplementation.cpp \
@@ -164,3 +162,11 @@ SOURCES += nymeacore.cpp \
     debugreportgenerator.cpp \
     platform/platform.cpp \
     jsonrpc/systemhandler.cpp
+
+versionAtLeast(QT_VERSION, 5.12.0) {
+HEADERS += \
+    devices/scriptdeviceplugin.h \
+
+SOURCES += \
+    devices/scriptdeviceplugin.cpp \
+}