diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 151b2cfd..8df5926f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in release ?.?? (????-??-??)
 
 * Bug fixes
   * Fixed strace-k test on alpha.
+  * Fixed build on NOMMU architectures.
 
 Noteworthy changes in release 4.26 (2018-12-26)
 ===============================================
diff --git a/ptrace_syscall_info.c b/ptrace_syscall_info.c
index 55eafddf..7af5eb27 100644
--- a/ptrace_syscall_info.c
+++ b/ptrace_syscall_info.c
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ static const unsigned int expected_seccomp_size =
 bool
 test_ptrace_get_syscall_info(void)
 {
+	/*
+	 * NOMMU provides no forks necessary for PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO test,
+	 * leave the default unchanged.
+	 */
+#ifdef HAVE_FORK
 	static const unsigned long args[][7] = {
 		/* a sequence of architecture-agnostic syscalls */
 		{
@@ -252,6 +257,7 @@ done:
 		debug_msg("PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO works");
 	else
 		debug_msg("PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO does not work");
+#endif /* HAVE_FORK */
 
 	return ptrace_get_syscall_info_supported;
 }
diff --git a/strace.c b/strace.c
index 06e2796a..cdaafa87 100644
--- a/strace.c
+++ b/strace.c
@@ -1800,13 +1800,7 @@ init(int argc, char *argv[])
 				     PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORK;
 	debug_msg("ptrace_setoptions = %#x", ptrace_setoptions);
 	test_ptrace_seize();
-
-	/*
-	 * NOMMU provides no forks necessary for PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO test,
-	 * leave the default unchanged.
-	 */
-	if (!NOMMU_SYSTEM)
-		test_ptrace_get_syscall_info();
+	test_ptrace_get_syscall_info();
 
 	/*
 	 * Is something weird with our stdin and/or stdout -