diff --git a/desktop/source/app/cmdlineargs.cxx b/desktop/source/app/cmdlineargs.cxx
index a564ccb824c0..b915c938c1b6 100644
--- a/desktop/source/app/cmdlineargs.cxx
+++ b/desktop/source/app/cmdlineargs.cxx
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ sal_Bool CommandLineArgs::InterpretCommandLineParameter( const ::rtl::OUString&
     }
     else if ( aArg.equalsAsciiL( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "-quickstart" )) == sal_True )
     {
-#if defined(WNT) || defined(OS2) || defined(QUARTZ)
+#if defined(ENABLE_QUICKSTART_APPLET)
         SetBoolParam_Impl( CMD_BOOLPARAM_QUICKSTART, sal_True );
 #endif
         SetBoolParam_Impl( CMD_BOOLPARAM_NOQUICKSTART, sal_False );
diff --git a/desktop/source/app/cmdlinehelp.cxx b/desktop/source/app/cmdlinehelp.cxx
index 98de60fb658e..e9b7f26786c6 100644
--- a/desktop/source/app/cmdlinehelp.cxx
+++ b/desktop/source/app/cmdlinehelp.cxx
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace desktop
         "keep startup bitmap minimized.\n"\
         "no startup screen, no default document and no UI.\n"\
         "suppress restart/restore after fatal errors.\n"\
-        "starts the quickstart service (only available on windows and OS/2 platform)\n"\
+        "starts the quickstart service\n"\
         "don't show startup screen.\n"\
         "don't check for remote instances using the installation\n"\
         "don't start with an empty document\n"\
diff --git a/desktop/source/app/makefile.mk b/desktop/source/app/makefile.mk
index 085d8520e7ad..e69b387891f0 100644
--- a/desktop/source/app/makefile.mk
+++ b/desktop/source/app/makefile.mk
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ CFLAGS+=-DGNOME_VFS_ENABLED
 # DEPLOYMENTMISCLIB = -ldeploymentmisc$(DLLPOSTFIX)
 # .ENDIF
 
+.IF "$(GUI)"=="WNT" || "$(GUI)"=="OS2" || "$(GUIBASE)"=="aqua" || "$(ENABLE_SYSTRAY_GTK)"=="TRUE"
+CFLAGS+=-DENABLE_QUICKSTART_APPLET
+.ENDIF
+
 SHL1TARGET = sofficeapp
 SHL1OBJS = \
     $(SLO)$/app.obj \