diff --git a/scripts/process-debuginfo.in b/scripts/process-debuginfo.in
index 1e4a2a6..9f1ca6b 100755
--- a/scripts/process-debuginfo.in
+++ b/scripts/process-debuginfo.in
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ done
 
 timestamp=$(date --iso-8601=ns --reference="$f")
 @RPMCONFIGDIR@/debugedit -b "$RPM_BUILD_DIR" -d /usr/src/debug -l .tmp/src.$$ "$f"
-if [ ! -s .tmp/src.$$ ]; then
+if [ ! -s .tmp/src.$$ ] && [ -x /usr/bin/eu-elfcompress ]; then
 	# debugedit has failed to extract sources list, possibly
 	# due to ELF compression - uncompress and try again.
 	LD_ORIGIN_PATH=/usr/bin eu-readelf -S "$f" > .tmp/sections.$$