diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e8ffcd..81907b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ if(SENTRY_BACKEND_CRASHPAD)
 	endif()
 	add_subdirectory(external/crashpad crashpad_build)

-	if(WIN32)
+	if(WIN32 AND SENTRY_TRANSPORT_CRASHPAD_USE_WER)
 		add_dependencies(sentry crashpad::wer)
 	endif()

@@ -438,7 +438,9 @@ if(SENTRY_BACKEND_CRASHPAD)
 		set_property(TARGET crashpad_snapshot PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
 		set_property(TARGET crashpad_tools PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
 		set_property(TARGET crashpad_util PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+if(SENTRY_TRANSPORT_CRASHPAD_USE_WER)
 		set_property(TARGET crashpad_wer PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+endif()
 		set_property(TARGET crashpad_zlib PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
 		set_property(TARGET mini_chromium PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
 	endif()
@@ -455,7 +457,9 @@ if(SENTRY_BACKEND_CRASHPAD)
 		set_target_properties(crashpad_util PROPERTIES FOLDER ${SENTRY_FOLDER})
 		set_target_properties(crashpad_zlib PROPERTIES FOLDER ${SENTRY_FOLDER})
 		set_target_properties(mini_chromium PROPERTIES FOLDER ${SENTRY_FOLDER})
+if(SENTRY_TRANSPORT_CRASHPAD_USE_WER)
 		set_target_properties(crashpad_wer PROPERTIES FOLDER ${SENTRY_FOLDER})
+endif()
 	endif()

 	target_link_libraries(sentry PRIVATE
@@ -465,7 +469,7 @@ if(SENTRY_BACKEND_CRASHPAD)
 	install(EXPORT crashpad_export NAMESPACE sentry_crashpad:: FILE sentry_crashpad-targets.cmake
 		DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}"
 	)
-	if(WIN32 AND MSVC)
+	if(WIN32 AND MSVC AND SENTRY_TRANSPORT_CRASHPAD_USE_WER)
 		sentry_install(FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE:crashpad_handler>
 			DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}" OPTIONAL)
 		sentry_install(FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE:crashpad_wer>
diff --git a/external/crashpad/handler/CMakeLists.txt b/external/crashpad/handler/CMakeLists.txt
index 55d2e4a..b1c99ae 100644
--- a/external/crashpad/handler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/crashpad/handler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if(NOT IOS)
     )
 endif()

-if (WIN32)
+if (WIN32 AND SENTRY_TRANSPORT_CRASHPAD_USE_WER)
     add_library(crashpad_wer SHARED
         win/wer/crashpad_wer.cc
         win/wer/crashpad_wer.h
diff --git a/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp b/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp
index 711dc57..4c1d473 100644
--- a/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ crashpad_backend_user_consent_changed(sentry_backend_t *backend)
     data->db->GetSettings()->SetUploadsEnabled(!sentry__should_skip_upload());
 }

-#ifdef SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+#if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS) && defined(SENTRY_TRANSPORT_CRASHPAD_USE_WER)
 static void
 crashpad_register_wer_module(
     const sentry_path_t *absolute_handler_path, const crashpad_state_t *data)
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ crashpad_backend_startup(
         return 1;
     }

-#ifdef SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+#if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS) && defined(SENTRY_TRANSPORT_CRASHPAD_USE_WER)
     crashpad_register_wer_module(absolute_handler_path, data);
 #endif