diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43d175093..27ed1d798 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ if (KF5_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS)
     find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} COMPONENTS ${KF5_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS})
 endif()
 
+if (WIN32)
+    string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]" WIN_SDK_VERSION "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}" )
+    add_compile_definitions(WIN_SDK_VERSION=${WIN_SDK_VERSION})
+endif()
+
 if (NOT ZSH_AUTOCOMPLETE_DIR)
 set(ZSH_AUTOCOMPLETE_DIR "${KDE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/zsh/site-functions")
 endif()
diff --git a/plugins/mpriscontrol/mpriscontrolplugin-win.cpp b/plugins/mpriscontrol/mpriscontrolplugin-win.cpp
index f10ced96a..7acece777 100644
--- a/plugins/mpriscontrol/mpriscontrolplugin-win.cpp
+++ b/plugins/mpriscontrol/mpriscontrolplugin-win.cpp
@@ -130,13 +130,14 @@ void MprisControlPlugin::updatePlayerList() {
         const auto player = sessions.GetAt(i);
         auto playerName = player.SourceAppUserModelId();
 
+#if WIN_SDK_VERSION >= 19041
         // try to resolve the AUMID to a user-friendly name
         try {
             playerName = AppInfo::GetFromAppUserModelId(playerName).DisplayInfo().DisplayName();
         } catch (winrt::hresult_error e) {
             qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_MPRIS) << QString::fromWCharArray(playerName.c_str()) << "doesn\'t have a valid AppUserModelID! Sending as-is..";
         }
-
+#endif
         QString uniqueName = QString::fromWCharArray(playerName.c_str());
         for (int i = 2; playerList.contains(uniqueName); ++i) {
             uniqueName += QStringLiteral(" [") + QString::number(i) + QStringLiteral("]");