diff --git a/src/toxic.c b/src/toxic.c
index c841444..6bb0f6c 100644
--- a/src/toxic.c
+++ b/src/toxic.c
@@ -99,9 +99,12 @@ ToxWindow *prompt = NULL;
 
 struct Winthread Winthread;
 static struct cqueue_thread cqueue_thread;
-static struct av_thread av_thread;
 struct arg_opts arg_opts;
 
+#ifdef AUDIO
+static struct av_thread av_thread;
+#endif
+
 // This struct is not thread safe. It should only ever be written to from the main thread
 // before any other thread that uses it is initialized.
 struct user_settings *user_settings = NULL;