diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index ffa7a8f9a3..2baec9252f 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ all: $(PROGS) stap
 # cpu emulator library
 obj-y += exec.o
 obj-y += accel/
-obj-y += tcg/tcg.o tcg/tcg-op.o tcg/optimize.o
-obj-y += tcg/tcg-common.o tcg/tcg-runtime.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TCG) += tcg/tcg.o tcg/tcg-op.o tcg/optimize.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TCG) += tcg/tcg-common.o tcg/tcg-runtime.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_INTERPRETER) += tcg/tci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_INTERPRETER) += disas/tci.o
 obj-y += fpu/softfloat.o
diff --git a/accel/Makefile.objs b/accel/Makefile.objs
index cd5702f347..10666eda71 100644
--- a/accel/Makefile.objs
+++ b/accel/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += accel.o
 obj-y += kvm/
-obj-y += tcg/
+obj-$(CONFIG_TCG) += tcg/
 obj-y += stubs/