diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
index 9836d81c24..786c8f9209 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ build-tci:
 # Check our reduced build configurations
 # requires libfdt: aarch64, arm, i386, loongarch64, microblaze, microblazeel,
 #   mips64el, or1k, ppc, ppc64, riscv32, riscv64, rx, x86_64
-# does not build without boards: i386, s390x, sh4, sh4eb, x86_64
+# does not build without boards: i386, s390x, x86_64
 build-without-defaults:
   extends: .native_build_job_template
   needs:
@@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ build-without-defaults:
       --disable-qom-cast-debug
       --disable-strip
     TARGETS: alpha-softmmu avr-softmmu cris-softmmu hppa-softmmu m68k-softmmu
-      mips-softmmu mips64-softmmu mipsel-softmmu sparc-softmmu
+      mips-softmmu mips64-softmmu mipsel-softmmu
+      sh4-softmmu sh4eb-softmmu sparc-softmmu
       sparc64-softmmu tricore-softmmu xtensa-softmmu xtensaeb-softmmu
       hexagon-linux-user i386-linux-user s390x-linux-user
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
diff --git a/hw/sh4/meson.build b/hw/sh4/meson.build
index 424d5674de..70e814c3a2 100644
--- a/hw/sh4/meson.build
+++ b/hw/sh4/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 sh4_ss = ss.source_set()
-sh4_ss.add(files(
+sh4_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SH7750', if_true: files(
   'sh7750.c',
   'sh7750_regnames.c',
 ))
diff --git a/target/sh4/Kconfig b/target/sh4/Kconfig
index 2397c86028..93b92f1e48 100644
--- a/target/sh4/Kconfig
+++ b/target/sh4/Kconfig
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 config SH4
     bool
+    # needed for sh_intc_get_pending_vector
+    select SH_INTC