diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 17d580d2a4f..b73c148475c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ if(WITH_VTK AND NOT ANDROID)
     if(PCL_SHARED_LIBS OR (NOT (PCL_SHARED_LIBS) AND NOT (VTK_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)))
       set(VTK_FOUND TRUE)
       find_package(QVTK)
-      include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
+      if(VTK_USE_FILE)
+        include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
+      endif()
       message(STATUS "VTK found (include: ${VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS}, lib: ${VTK_LIBRARIES}")
       if(APPLE)
           option(VTK_USE_COCOA "Use Cocoa for VTK render windows" ON)