diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 9c80f2b8553..cb1d43c8280 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ shared_sources = files('''
         machine-pool.c
         machine-pool.h
         module-util.h
-        module-util.c
         nsflags.c
         nsflags.h
         output-mode.c
@@ -125,6 +124,10 @@ if conf.get('HAVE_LIBIPTC') == 1
         shared_sources += files('firewall-util.c')
 endif
 
+if conf.get('HAVE_KMOD') == 1
+        shared_sources += files('module-util.c')
+endif
+
 libshared_name = 'systemd-shared-@0@'.format(meson.project_version())
 
 libshared_deps = [threads,