diff --git a/my_home/.emacs b/my_home/.emacs
index 3c1601f..d5d4d0f 100644
--- a/my_home/.emacs
+++ b/my_home/.emacs
@@ -118,5 +118,6 @@
 (setq js-switch-indent-offset 4)
 
 ;; Flycheck
-(add-hook 'after-init-hook #'global-flycheck-mode)
-(setq flycheck-perl-include-path '("$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5"))
+(when (require 'flycheck nil 'noerror)
+  (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'global-flycheck-mode)
+  (setq flycheck-perl-include-path '("$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5")))