diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3eb44b2..590a6c6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ if (ENABLE_LIBGPIOD)
 	message("libgpiod support enabled")
 endif(ENABLE_LIBGPIOD)
 
+if (ENABLE_UDEV OR ENABLE_LIBGPIOD)
+	add_definitions(-DUSE_DEVICE_ARG)
+endif(ENABLE_UDEV OR ENABLE_LIBGPIOD)
+
 if (BUILD_STATIC)
 	set_target_properties(openFPGALoader PROPERTIES LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC 1)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 155396b..03fc9c2 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ int parse_opt(int argc, char **argv, struct arguments *args, jtag_pins_conf_t *p
 
 			("ftdi-serial", "FTDI chip serial number", cxxopts::value<string>(args->ftdi_serial))
 			("ftdi-channel", "FTDI chip channel number (channels 0-3 map to A-D)", cxxopts::value<int>(args->ftdi_channel))
-#if defined(USE_UDEV) || defined(ENABLE_LIBGPIOD)
+#if defined(USE_DEVICE_ARG)
 			("d,device",  "device to use (/dev/ttyUSBx)",
 				cxxopts::value<string>(args->device))
 #endif