diff --git a/hw/vfio/meson.build b/hw/vfio/meson.build
index e5d98b6adc..bb98493b53 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/meson.build
+++ b/hw/vfio/meson.build
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ vfio_ss.add(files(
   'common.c',
   'container-base.c',
   'container.c',
-  'spapr.c',
   'migration.c',
 ))
+vfio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PSERIES', if_true: files('spapr.c'))
 vfio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IOMMUFD', if_true: files(
   'iommufd.c',
 ))