diff --git a/storage/innobase/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/innobase/CMakeLists.txt
index 048a1286961..18efa58b2a3 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/innobase/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -489,4 +489,6 @@ MYSQL_ADD_PLUGIN(innobase ${INNOBASE_SOURCES} STORAGE_ENGINE
   MODULE_OUTPUT_NAME ha_innodb
   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${LINKER_SCRIPT})
 
-ADD_DEPENDENCIES(innobase GenError)
+IF(TARGET innobase)
+  ADD_DEPENDENCIES(innobase GenError)
+ENDIF()