diff --git a/amdis/MeshCreator.hpp b/amdis/MeshCreator.hpp
index 77f16fbc9a5f183bd782bb2a1609628b811122f4..080b2838551ef5f6993cdb3404b82851feb7153b 100644
--- a/amdis/MeshCreator.hpp
+++ b/amdis/MeshCreator.hpp
@@ -185,9 +185,11 @@ namespace AMDiS
         return read_gmsh_file<HostGrid>(filename, Dune::PriorityTag<42>{});
 #endif
       }
+#if HAVE_DUNE_VTK
       else if (ext == ".vtu") {
         return Dune::VtkReader<HostGrid, Dune::Vtk::LagrangeGridCreator<HostGrid>>::createGridFromFile(filename);
       }
+#endif
       else if (ext == ".1d" || ext == ".2d" || ext == ".3d" || ext == ".amc") {
         return read_alberta_file<HostGrid>(filename, Dune::PriorityTag<42>{});
       }