diff --git a/src/image.c b/src/image.c
index e7d347b7820..700705de22e 100644
--- a/src/image.c
+++ b/src/image.c
@@ -11457,7 +11457,8 @@ non-numeric, there is no explicit limit on the size of images.  */);
   add_image_type (Qpng);
 #endif
 
-#if defined (HAVE_WEBP)
+#if defined (HAVE_WEBP) || (defined (HAVE_NATIVE_IMAGE_API) \
+			    && defined (HAVE_BE_APP))
   DEFSYM (Qwebp, "webp");
   add_image_type (Qwebp);
 #endif