diff --git a/include/villas/node/config.h.in b/include/villas/node/config.h.in
index b2a0fa21b..ad8d69fcf 100644
--- a/include/villas/node/config.h.in
+++ b/include/villas/node/config.h.in
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
 /* Available Features */
 #cmakedefine WITH_WEB
+#cmakedefine WITH_NODE_WEBSOCKET
 #cmakedefine WITH_API
 #cmakedefine WITH_HOOKS
 #cmakedefine WITH_CONFIG
diff --git a/src/villas-pipe.cpp b/src/villas-pipe.cpp
index 9474f76a1..d5a6c0f1f 100644
--- a/src/villas-pipe.cpp
+++ b/src/villas-pipe.cpp
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ check:			if (optarg == endptr)
 		if (!node)
 			throw RuntimeError("Node {} does not exist!", nodestr);
 
-#ifdef WITH_NODE_WEBSOCKET
+#if defined(WITH_NODE_WEBSOCKET) && defined(WITH_WEB)
 		/* Only start web subsystem if villas-pipe is used with a websocket node */
 		if (node_type(node)->start == websocket_start) {
 			Web *w = sn.getWeb();