diff --git a/chromium/build/common.gypi b/chromium/build/common.gypi
index 05da9b5f48d7470cdd6130bff0dcc76e8a292211..d85a60df7c1fdeac7241eea6732087e212f5839b 100644
--- a/chromium/build/common.gypi
+++ b/chromium/build/common.gypi
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@
       ['chromeos==1', {
         'grit_defines': ['-D', 'chromeos', '-D', 'scale_factors=2x'],
       }],
-      ['desktop_linux==1', {
+      ['desktop_linux==1 or qt_os=="embedded_linux"', {
         'grit_defines': ['-D', 'desktop_linux'],
       }],
       ['toolkit_views==1', {