diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g_common.c b/src/ntfs-3g_common.c
index 7ab1e9dc..e2489e4d 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g_common.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g_common.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ const int nf_ns_trusted_prefix_len = sizeof(nf_ns_trusted_prefix) - 1;
 
 static const char nf_ns_alt_xattr_efsinfo[] = "user.ntfs.efsinfo";
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SETXATTR
+
 int ntfs_fuse_listxattr_common(ntfs_inode *ni, ntfs_attr_search_ctx *actx,
 			char *list, size_t size, BOOL prefixing)
 {
@@ -157,3 +159,5 @@ int ntfs_fuse_listxattr_common(ntfs_inode *ni, ntfs_attr_search_ctx *actx,
 exit :
 	return (ret);
 }
+
+#endif /* HAVE_SETXATTR */