diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index af67bcb84304..18bd7ecd3ac2 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -2033,7 +2033,8 @@ _tcsh=bin/csh
 _libmagic=lib/libmagic
 .endif
 
-.if ${TARGET_ARCH} == "amd64" || ${TARGET_ARCH} == "i386"
+.if ${MK_PMC} != "no" && \
+    (${TARGET_ARCH} == "amd64" || ${TARGET_ARCH} == "i386")
 _jevents=lib/libpmc/pmu-events
 .endif
 
diff --git a/Makefile.libcompat b/Makefile.libcompat
index 52928e87d296..f63567b3d6de 100644
--- a/Makefile.libcompat
+++ b/Makefile.libcompat
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ _LC_INCDIRS=	\
 		lib/ncurses/ncursesw \
 		${_LC_LIBDIRS.yes}
 
+.if ${MK_PMC} != "no" && ${TARGET_ARCH} == "amd64"
+_jevents=	lib/libpmc/pmu-events
+.endif
+
+
 # Shared logic
 build${libcompat}: .PHONY
 	@echo
@@ -192,7 +197,7 @@ build${libcompat}: .PHONY
 	    DIRPRFX=${_dir}/ ${_t}
 .endfor
 .endfor
-.for _dir in lib/ncurses/ncurses lib/ncurses/ncursesw lib/libmagic lib/libpmc/pmu-events
+.for _dir in lib/ncurses/ncurses lib/ncurses/ncursesw lib/libmagic ${_jevents}
 	${_+_}cd ${.CURDIR}/${_dir}; \
 	    WORLDTMP=${WORLDTMP} \
 	    MAKEFLAGS="-m ${.CURDIR}/tools/build/mk ${.MAKEFLAGS}" \