diff --git a/src/zm_remote_camera.cpp b/src/zm_remote_camera.cpp
index 19578d326..7439062db 100644
--- a/src/zm_remote_camera.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_remote_camera.cpp
@@ -509,6 +509,10 @@ int RemoteCamera::GetResponse()
 	else
 #endif // HAVE_LIBPCRE
 	{
+		if ( config.netcam_regexps )
+		{
+			Warning(( "Unable to use netcam regexps as not compiled with libpcre" ));
+		}
 		static const char *http_match = "HTTP/";
 		static const char *connection_match = "Connection:";
 		static const char *content_length_match = "Content-length:";