diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pro b/qgroundcontrol.pro
index 1d761bbba036c6cc36c7cf6f44f6fde7586fa984..eadd028c0d79f9b5d678f5f7621b9e993b4faae3 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pro
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pro
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ HEADERS += src/MG.h \
     src/comm/QGCMAVLink.h \
     src/ui/QGCWebView.h \
     src/ui/map3D/QGCWebPage.h \
-    src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.h\
     src/ui/SlugsDataSensorView.h \
     src/ui/SlugsHilSim.h \
     src/ui/SlugsPIDControl.h \
@@ -255,6 +254,11 @@ HEADERS += src/MG.h \
     src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.h \
     src/ui/uas/QGCUnconnectedInfoWidget.h
 
+# Google Earth is only supported on Mac OS and Windows with Visual Studio Compiler
+macx|win32-msvc2008: {
+    HEADERS +=    src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.h
+}
+
 contains(DEPENDENCIES_PRESENT, osg) { 
     message("Including headers for OpenSceneGraph")
     
@@ -357,7 +361,6 @@ SOURCES += src/main.cc \
     src/ui/RadioCalibration/AbstractCalibrator.cc \
     src/ui/RadioCalibration/RadioCalibrationData.cc \
     src/ui/QGCWebView.cc \
-    src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.cc \
     src/ui/map3D/QGCWebPage.cc \
     src/ui/SlugsDataSensorView.cc \
     src/ui/SlugsHilSim.cc \
@@ -367,6 +370,11 @@ SOURCES += src/main.cc \
     src/ui/QGCMainWindowAPConfigurator.cc \
     src/comm/MAVLinkSwarmSimulationLink.cc \
     src/ui/uas/QGCUnconnectedInfoWidget.cc
+
+macx|win32-msvc2008: {
+    SOURCES += src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.cc
+}
+
 contains(DEPENDENCIES_PRESENT, osg) { 
     message("Including sources for OpenSceneGraph")
     
diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.h b/src/ui/MainWindow.h
index 01c6fe17581c70910c77dabaf59f7b2283154c31..cb69f3d7cd6162044f892856865c39cee102bff5 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.h
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ This file is part of the QGROUNDCONTROL project
 #include "HSIDisplay.h"
 #include "QGCDataPlot2D.h"
 #include "QGCRemoteControlView.h"
+#if (defined Q_OS_MAC) | (defined _MSC_VER)
 #include "QGCGoogleEarthView.h"
+#endif
 //#include "QMap3DWidget.h"
 #include "SlugsDataSensorView.h"
 #include "LogCompressor.h"