diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index df44ef839e..ec9d32fd7c 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -2313,7 +2313,9 @@ void processProgramOptions(const variables_map& vm, std::map<std::string,std::st
             str << "Python   " << PY_VERSION << '\n';
             str << "PySide   " << FC_PYSIDE_VERSION << '\n';
             str << "shiboken " << FC_SHIBOKEN_VERSION << '\n';
+#ifdef SMESH_VERSION_STR
             str << "SMESH    " << SMESH_VERSION_STR << '\n';
+#endif
             str << "VTK      " << FC_VTK_VERSION << '\n';
             str << "xerces-c " << FC_XERCESC_VERSION << '\n';
         }
@@ -2606,7 +2608,9 @@ void Application::initConfig(int argc, char ** argv)
     mConfig["QT_VERSION"] = QT_VERSION_STR;
     mConfig["EIGEN_VERSION"] = FC_EIGEN3_VERSION;
     mConfig["PYSIDE_VERSION"] = FC_PYSIDE_VERSION;
+#ifdef SMESH_VERSION_STR
     mConfig["SMESH_VERSION"] = SMESH_VERSION_STR;
+#endif
     mConfig["XERCESC_VERSION"] = FC_XERCESC_VERSION;
 
 
diff --git a/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp b/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
index 56a851df1a..a61fed5a5c 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
@@ -605,7 +605,11 @@ void AboutDialog::showLibraryInformation()
     li.name = QLatin1String("Salome SMESH");
     li.href = baseurl + QLatin1String("#_TocSalomeSMESH");
     li.url = QLatin1String("https://salome-platform.org");
+#ifdef SMESH_VERSION_STR
     li.version = QLatin1String(SMESH_VERSION_STR);
+#else
+    li.version.clear();
+#endif
     libInfo << li;
 
     // Shiboken