diff --git a/backends/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/CMakeLists.txt
index 44b743ed54740828d57101c10d69ab96e5ce19ec..d005be0b6d11b5286e7e4342d212698ce5befed8 100644
--- a/backends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 if (PROTOBUF_FOUND)
 	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libpurple)
+
+	if (IRC_FOUND)
+		ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libircclient-qt)
+	endif()
+
 endif()