diff --git a/storage/xtradb/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/xtradb/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f74456e7a7..8daa0374aa5 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/xtradb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -455,12 +455,12 @@ IF(WITH_INNODB)
   SET(WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE TRUE)
 ENDIF()
 
-IF(XTRADB_OK)
-  MYSQL_ADD_PLUGIN(xtradb ${INNOBASE_SOURCES} STORAGE_ENGINE
-    DEFAULT
-    RECOMPILE_FOR_EMBEDDED
-    LINK_LIBRARIES ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${LINKER_SCRIPT})
-ELSE()
+MYSQL_ADD_PLUGIN(xtradb ${INNOBASE_SOURCES} STORAGE_ENGINE
+  DEFAULT
+  RECOMPILE_FOR_EMBEDDED
+  LINK_LIBRARIES ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${LINKER_SCRIPT})
+
+IF(TARGET xtradb AND NOT XTRADB_OK)
   MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Percona XtraDB is not supported on this platform")
 ENDIF()