diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2dffab8d93..b8baf4f702 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2889,9 +2889,11 @@ tools=
 if test "$softmmu" = yes ; then
   tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
   if test "$virtfs" != no ; then
-      if test "$cap" = yes && test "$linux" = yes && test "$attr" = yes ; then
+      if test "$linux" = yes && test "$attr" = yes ; then
 	  virtfs=yes
-	  tools="$tools fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper\$(EXESUF)"
+	  if test "$cap" = yes ; then
+	      tools="$tools fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper\$(EXESUF)"
+	  fi
       else
 	  if test "$virtfs" = yes; then
 	      feature_not_found "virtfs"