diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 24e79a2bc..80d0b1d7b 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -8300,7 +8300,7 @@ int wolfSSL_CTX_load_verify_locations_ex(WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx, const char* file,
         /* pass directory read failure to response code */
         if (fileRet != WC_READDIR_NOFILE) {
             ret = fileRet;
-    #if defined(WOLFSSL_QT)
+    #if defined(WOLFSSL_QT) || defined(WOLFSSL_IGNORE_BAD_CERT_PATH)
             if (ret == BAD_PATH_ERROR &&
                 flags & WOLFSSL_LOAD_FLAG_IGNORE_BAD_PATH_ERR) {
                /* QSslSocket always loads certs in system folder
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index ddb7b025f..a556ae0d4 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(void)
 
 
 #if !defined(NO_WOLFSSL_DIR) && !defined(WOLFSSL_TIRTOS) && \
-  (defined(WOLFSSL_QT) && \
+  ((defined(WOLFSSL_QT) || defined(WOLFSSL_IGNORE_BAD_CERT_PATH)) && \
   !(WOLFSSL_LOAD_VERIFY_DEFAULT_FLAGS & WOLFSSL_LOAD_FLAG_IGNORE_BAD_PATH_ERR))
     /* invalid path */
     ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(ctx, NULL, bogusFile),
diff --git a/wolfssl/ssl.h b/wolfssl/ssl.h
index e15d2a34f..d49e73ecb 100644
--- a/wolfssl/ssl.h
+++ b/wolfssl/ssl.h
@@ -1064,8 +1064,10 @@ WOLFSSL_ABI WOLFSSL_API int wolfSSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(
 #define WOLFSSL_LOAD_FLAG_IGNORE_ERR    0x00000001
 #define WOLFSSL_LOAD_FLAG_DATE_ERR_OKAY 0x00000002
 #define WOLFSSL_LOAD_FLAG_PEM_CA_ONLY   0x00000004
-#if defined(WOLFSSL_QT)
+#if defined(WOLFSSL_QT) || defined(WOLFSSL_IGNORE_BAD_CERT_PATH)
 #define WOLFSSL_LOAD_FLAG_IGNORE_BAD_PATH_ERR 0x00000008
+#endif
+#if defined(WOLFSSL_QT)
 #define WOLFSSL_LOAD_FLAG_IGNORE_ZEROFILE     0x00000010
 #endif