diff --git a/LCS/MessageBus/src/LogSink.cc b/LCS/MessageBus/src/LogSink.cc
index a40f54c9f6d7a6bd8f6bfa416ab6d5ccd025847b..abd5754804a5fd0da5666098d36e571bda69e0ba 100644
--- a/LCS/MessageBus/src/LogSink.cc
+++ b/LCS/MessageBus/src/LogSink.cc
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <sstream>
 
-namespace LOFAR {
-
 #ifdef HAVE_QPID
 #include <qpid/messaging/Logger.h>
 
 using namespace qpid::messaging;
+#endif
 
+namespace LOFAR {
+
+#ifdef HAVE_QPID
   class QpidLogSink: public LoggerOutput {
   public:
     QpidLogSink() {