diff --git a/platform/Manifest.py b/platform/Manifest.py
index 5c8dd7ba4306e3727d32352a2118817484d45813..84e98f90faccdefab6e7374ea02323620fe2daff 100644
--- a/platform/Manifest.py
+++ b/platform/Manifest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-if target=="altera":
+import logging
+
+if 'target' not in globals():
+        logging.info("'target' is not defined, no platform selected")
+elif target=="altera":
 	modules = {"local" : "altera"}
 elif target=="xilinx":
 	modules = {"local" : "xilinx"}