diff --git a/src/common/dcsvg.cpp b/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
index 5157f043eb..76a79736ac 100644
--- a/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 #include "wx/mstream.h"
 #include "wx/scopedarray.h"
 
-#include "wx/private/markupparser.h"
+#if wxUSE_MARKUP
+    #include "wx/private/markupparser.h"
+#endif
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------
 // Global utilities
@@ -636,7 +638,11 @@ void wxSVGFileDCImpl::DoDrawRotatedText(const wxString& sText, wxCoord x, wxCoor
         s += wxBrushString(m_textForegroundColour) + wxPenString(m_textForegroundColour);
         s += wxString::Format(wxS("stroke-width:0;\" transform=\"rotate(%s %d %d)\""), NumStr(-angle), xx, yy);
         s += wxS(" xml:space=\"preserve\">");
-        s += wxMarkupParser::Quote(lines[lineNum]) + wxS("</text>\n");
+        #if wxUSE_MARKUP
+            s += wxMarkupParser::Quote(lines[lineNum]) + wxS("</text>\n");
+        #else
+            s += lines[lineNum] + wxS("</text>\n");
+        #endif
 
         write(s);
     }