diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 17b0fdf9..ffd118cd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ if(ENABLE_CURL)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+add_definitions(-Dgmic_core)
 add_definitions(-Dgmic_community)
 add_definitions(-Dcimg_use_abort)
 add_definitions(-Dgmic_is_parallel)
@@ -378,7 +379,6 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if (NOT ENABLE_SYSTEM_GMIC)
-    add_definitions(-Dgmic_core)
     include_directories(${GMIC_PATH})
 endif (NOT ENABLE_SYSTEM_GMIC)
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src)