diff --git a/src/clang_format.cc b/src/clang_format.cc
index b460bb2a..659d38f7 100644
--- a/src/clang_format.cc
+++ b/src/clang_format.cc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#if USE_CLANG_CXX
+
 #include "clang_format.h"
 
 #include <loguru.hpp>
@@ -44,3 +46,5 @@ std::vector<Replacement> ClangFormat::FormatWholeDocument() {
   auto format_result = reformat(*style, document_, ranges_, document_filename_);
   return std::vector<Replacement>(format_result.begin(), format_result.end());
 }
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/clang_format.h b/src/clang_format.h
index f2a39569..dc7b4565 100644
--- a/src/clang_format.h
+++ b/src/clang_format.h
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#if USE_CLANG_CXX
+
+#pragma once
+
 #include <clang/Format/Format.h>
 
 #include <vector>
@@ -18,3 +22,5 @@ struct ClangFormat {
 
   std::vector<clang::tooling::Replacement> FormatWholeDocument();
 };
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/clang_utils.cc b/src/clang_utils.cc
index 60ee39da..278e6d22 100644
--- a/src/clang_utils.cc
+++ b/src/clang_utils.cc
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ optional<lsDiagnostic> BuildAndDisposeDiagnostic(CXDiagnostic diagnostic,
   return ls_diagnostic;
 }
 
+#if USE_CLANG_CXX
 static lsPosition OffsetToRange(llvm::StringRef document, size_t offset) {
   // TODO: Support Windows line endings, etc.
   llvm::StringRef text_before = document.substr(0, offset);
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ std::vector<lsTextEdit> ConvertClangReplacementsIntoTextEdits(
   }
   return text_edits_result;
 }
+#endif
 
 std::string FileName(CXFile file) {
   CXString cx_name = clang_getFileName(file);
diff --git a/src/clang_utils.h b/src/clang_utils.h
index 0922643a..9932d2eb 100644
--- a/src/clang_utils.h
+++ b/src/clang_utils.h
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 #include "language_server_api.h"
 
 #include <clang-c/Index.h>
+#if USE_CLANG_CXX
 #include <clang/Format/Format.h>
+#endif
 #include <optional.h>
 
 #include <vector>
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ std::string ToString(CXString cx_string);
 std::string ToString(CXCursorKind cursor_kind);
 
 // Converts Clang formatting replacement operations into LSP text edits.
+#if USE_CLANG_CXX
 std::vector<lsTextEdit> ConvertClangReplacementsIntoTextEdits(
      llvm::StringRef document,
      const std::vector<clang::tooling::Replacement>& clang_replacements);
+#endif
diff --git a/src/messages/text_document_formatting.cc b/src/messages/text_document_formatting.cc
index e8e0e5c5..8b114cf3 100644
--- a/src/messages/text_document_formatting.cc
+++ b/src/messages/text_document_formatting.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "queue_manager.h"
 #include "working_files.h"
 
+#include <loguru.hpp>
+
 namespace {
 struct lsFormattingOptions {
   // Size of a tab in spaces.
@@ -43,6 +45,9 @@ MAKE_REFLECT_STRUCT(Out_TextDocumentFormatting, jsonrpc, id, result);
 struct TextDocumentFormattingHandler
     : BaseMessageHandler<Ipc_TextDocumentFormatting> {
   void Run(Ipc_TextDocumentFormatting* request) override {
+    Out_TextDocumentFormatting response;
+    response.id = request->id;
+#if USE_CLANG_CXX
     QueryFile* file;
     if (!FindFileOrFail(db, project, request->id,
                         request->params.textDocument.uri.GetPath(), &file)) {
@@ -55,9 +60,6 @@ struct TextDocumentFormattingHandler
     int tab_size = request->params.formattingOptions.tabSize;
     bool insert_spaces = request->params.formattingOptions.insertSpaces;
 
-    Out_TextDocumentFormatting response;
-    response.id = request->id;
-
     const auto clang_format = std::unique_ptr<ClangFormat>(new ClangFormat(
         working_file->filename, working_file->buffer_content,
         {clang::tooling::Range(0, working_file->buffer_content.size())},
@@ -65,6 +67,12 @@ struct TextDocumentFormattingHandler
     const auto replacements = clang_format->FormatWholeDocument();
     response.result = ConvertClangReplacementsIntoTextEdits(
         working_file->buffer_content, replacements);
+#else
+    LOG_S(WARNING) << "You must compile cquery with --use-clang-cxx to use "
+                      "document formatting.";
+    // TODO: Fallback to execute the clang-format binary?
+    response.result = {};
+#endif
 
     QueueManager::WriteStdout(IpcId::TextDocumentFormatting, response);
   }
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 44ed66e3..23ff2852 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -234,16 +234,6 @@ def build(bld):
     cc_files += bld.path.ant_glob(['src/clang_cxx/*.cc'])
 
   lib = []
-  # clang-format support
-  lib.append('clangBasic')
-  lib.append('clangFormat')
-  lib.append('clangLex')
-  lib.append('clangRewrite')
-  lib.append('clangToolingCore')
-  lib.append('LLVMCore')
-  lib.append('LLVMDemangle')
-  lib.append('LLVMSupport')
-  lib.append('ncurses')
   if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
     lib.append('rt')
     lib.append('pthread')
@@ -266,6 +256,9 @@ def build(bld):
     lib.append('clangAST')
     lib.append('clangLex')
     lib.append('clangBasic')
+    lib.append('clangFormat')
+    lib.append('clangToolingCore')
+    lib.append('clangRewrite')
 
     # The order is derived from llvm-config --libs core
     lib.append('LLVMCore')