diff --git a/variants/native/portduino.ini b/variants/native/portduino.ini
index c6e6c8cfd..7be4f8d83 100644
--- a/variants/native/portduino.ini
+++ b/variants/native/portduino.ini
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ build_flags =
   -lgpiod
   -lyaml-cpp
   -ljsoncpp
+  !pkg-config --cflags jsoncpp --silence-errors || :
   -li2c
   -luv
   -std=gnu17