diff --git a/src/devices/keyboard-joypad/CMakeLists.txt b/src/devices/keyboard-joypad/CMakeLists.txt
index 92a395b..211b6cf 100644
--- a/src/devices/keyboard-joypad/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/devices/keyboard-joypad/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ yarp_prepare_plugin(keyboardJoypad
   CATEGORY device
   TYPE yarp::dev::KeyboardJoypad
   INCLUDE KeyboardJoypad.h
+  DEFAULT ON
   INTERNAL
   QUIET
 )
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_keyboard-joypad)
-  message(FATAL "yarp_keyboard-joypad build requested but ENABLE_keyboard-joypad is set to OFF")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "yarp_keyboard-joypad build requested but ENABLE_keyboard-joypad is set to OFF")
 endif()
 
 set(yarp_keyboard-joypad_SRCS