diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 42c0d5f63a..5744505e64 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	perl -pi -e 's#^!log file #!log file /var/log/frr/#' debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/frr/examples/*sample*
 
 	# installing the Frr specific SNMP MIB
+ifeq ($(WANT_SNMP), 1)
 	install -D -m 644 ./zebra/GNOME-PRODUCT-ZEBRA-MIB debian/tmp/usr/share/snmp/mibs/GNOME-PRODUCT-ZEBRA-MIB
+else
+	mkdir -p debian/tmp/usr/share/snmp/mibs/
+endif
 
 	# cleaning .la files
 	sed -i "/dependency_libs/ s/'.*'/''/" debian/tmp/usr/lib/*.la