diff --git a/storage/tokudb/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/tokudb/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cd86eb5808..31374b1ff81 100644
--- a/storage/tokudb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/tokudb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ IF(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.9")
   MESSAGE(STATUS "CMake 2.8.9 or higher is required by TokuDB")
 ELSEIF(NOT HAVE_DLOPEN)
   MESSAGE(STATUS "dlopen is required by TokuDB")
-ELSEIF(NOT TARGET perfschema)
+ELSEIF(PLUGIN_PERFSCHEMA MATCHES "^NO$")
   MESSAGE(STATUS "Performance Schema is required by TokuDB")
+  RETURN()
 ELSEIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "x86_64" OR
        CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "amd64")
 # tokudb requires F_NOCACHE or O_DIRECT, and designated initializers