diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
index 378d9f96d9..22c811fb36 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
@@ -1303,6 +1303,8 @@ extern void ppu_initialize(const ppu_module& info)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+#else
+	fmt::throw_exception("LLVM is not available in this build.");
 #endif
 }