diff --git a/contrib/vhost-user-blk/meson.build b/contrib/vhost-user-blk/meson.build
index 601ea15ef5..dcb9e2ffcd 100644
--- a/contrib/vhost-user-blk/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/vhost-user-blk/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# FIXME: broken on 32-bit architectures
 executable('vhost-user-blk', files('vhost-user-blk.c'),
            dependencies: [qemuutil, vhost_user],
-           build_by_default: false,
+           build_by_default: targetos == 'linux',
            install: false)
diff --git a/contrib/vhost-user-blk/vhost-user-blk.c b/contrib/vhost-user-blk/vhost-user-blk.c
index cd4a5d7335..9cb78ca1d0 100644
--- a/contrib/vhost-user-blk/vhost-user-blk.c
+++ b/contrib/vhost-user-blk/vhost-user-blk.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ vub_readv(VubReq *req, struct iovec *iov, uint32_t iovcnt)
     req->size = vub_iov_size(iov, iovcnt);
     rc = preadv(vdev_blk->blk_fd, iov, iovcnt, req->sector_num * 512);
     if (rc < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s, Sector %"PRIu64", Size %lu failed with %s\n",
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s, Sector %"PRIu64", Size %zu failed with %s\n",
                 vdev_blk->blk_name, req->sector_num, req->size,
                 strerror(errno));
         return -1;
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ vub_writev(VubReq *req, struct iovec *iov, uint32_t iovcnt)
     req->size = vub_iov_size(iov, iovcnt);
     rc = pwritev(vdev_blk->blk_fd, iov, iovcnt, req->sector_num * 512);
     if (rc < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s, Sector %"PRIu64", Size %lu failed with %s\n",
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s, Sector %"PRIu64", Size %zu failed with %s\n",
                 vdev_blk->blk_name, req->sector_num, req->size,
                 strerror(errno));
         return -1;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ vub_discard_write_zeroes(VubReq *req, struct iovec *iov, uint32_t iovcnt,
 
     size = vub_iov_size(iov, iovcnt);
     if (size != sizeof(*desc)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid size %ld, expect %ld\n", size, sizeof(*desc));
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid size %zd, expect %zd\n", size, sizeof(*desc));
         return -1;
     }
     buf = g_new0(char, size);
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a113078f1a..65a885ea69 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ have_vhost_user_blk_server = get_option('vhost_user_blk_server') \
            error_message: 'vhost_user_blk_server requires linux') \
   .require(have_vhost_user,
            error_message: 'vhost_user_blk_server requires vhost-user support') \
-  .disable_auto_if(not have_system) \
+  .disable_auto_if(not have_tools and not have_system) \
   .allowed()
 
 if get_option('fuse').disabled() and get_option('fuse_lseek').enabled()