diff --git a/qtmultimedia.pro b/qtmultimedia.pro
index a49700d1..6f6d933d 100644
--- a/qtmultimedia.pro
+++ b/qtmultimedia.pro
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ win32 {
         qtCompileTest(gstreamer_photography)
         qtCompileTest(gstreamer_encodingprofiles)
         qtCompileTest(gstreamer_appsrc)
-        qtCompileTest(linux_v4l)
+        !contains(DEFINES, DISABLE_V4L) {
+            qtCompileTest(linux_v4l)
+        }
     }
 
     qtCompileTest(resourcepolicy)
diff --git a/rpm/qtmultimedia.spec b/rpm/qtmultimedia.spec
index cc03e665..ab53beb9 100644
--- a/rpm/qtmultimedia.spec
+++ b/rpm/qtmultimedia.spec
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ This package contains the egl video node plugin.
 export QTDIR=/usr/share/qt5
 touch .git
 
-%qmake5 GST_VERSION=1.0 QT.widgets.name= DEFINES+=QT_NO_WIDGETS -r "DEFINES+=NEMO_AUDIO" CONFIG+=config_pulseaudio
+%qmake5 GST_VERSION=1.0 QT.widgets.name= DEFINES+=QT_NO_WIDGETS -r "DEFINES+=NEMO_AUDIO" "DEFINES+=DISABLE_V4L" CONFIG+=config_pulseaudio
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install