diff --git a/config/efr32/efr32-app.mk b/config/efr32/efr32-app.mk
index b09214aa999b8b..81bd2fe4cccd37 100644
--- a/config/efr32/efr32-app.mk
+++ b/config/efr32/efr32-app.mk
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 STD_DEFINES = \
+    HAVE_CONFIG_H \
     __STARTUP_CLEAR_BSS \
     $(MCU)
 
diff --git a/config/nrf5/nrf5-app.mk b/config/nrf5/nrf5-app.mk
index 544e32ba85eb44..6ccd967b6a22b7 100644
--- a/config/nrf5/nrf5-app.mk
+++ b/config/nrf5/nrf5-app.mk
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ STD_LIBS = \
 
 STD_INC_DIRS =
 
-STD_DEFINES =
+STD_DEFINES = HAVE_CONFIG_H
 
 STD_COMPILE_PREREQUISITES = nrf5-sdk-check
 
diff --git a/config/standalone/standalone-app.mk b/config/standalone/standalone-app.mk
index f784c246e13150..93743d784bf3e7 100644
--- a/config/standalone/standalone-app.mk
+++ b/config/standalone/standalone-app.mk
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ STD_LIBS = \
     -lm \
     -lpthread
 
+STD_DEFINES = HAVE_CONFIG_H
+
 DEFINE_FLAGS = $(addprefix -D,$(STD_DEFINES) $(DEFINES))
 
 INC_FLAGS = $(addprefix -I,$(INC_DIRS) $(STD_INC_DIRS))
diff --git a/src/system/SystemConfig.h b/src/system/SystemConfig.h
index ac283cf92fc2f6..02c997c247d466 100644
--- a/src/system/SystemConfig.h
+++ b/src/system/SystemConfig.h
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 #define SYSTEMCONFIG_H
 
 /* Platform include headers */
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <BuildConfig.h>
+#endif
 
 /* Include a CHIP project-specific configuration file, if defined.
  *