diff --git a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
index fc8b150629..10a1a33761 100644
--- a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
+++ b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
@@ -98,10 +98,12 @@ static void help(void)
 "                         export the specified block node over NBD\n"
 "                         (requires --nbd-server)\n"
 "\n"
+#ifdef CONFIG_FUSE
 "  --export [type=]fuse,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,mountpoint=<file>\n"
 "           [,growable=on|off][,writable=on|off]\n"
 "                         export the specified block node over FUSE\n"
 "\n"
+#endif /* CONFIG_FUSE */
 "  --monitor [chardev=]name[,mode=control][,pretty[=on|off]]\n"
 "                         configure a QMP monitor\n"
 "\n"