diff --git a/include/ntfs-3g/security.h b/include/ntfs-3g/security.h
index e6161b34..c927c0f5 100644
--- a/include/ntfs-3g/security.h
+++ b/include/ntfs-3g/security.h
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ int ntfs_set_posix_acl(struct SECURITY_CONTEXT *scx, const char *path,
 			ntfs_inode *ni);
 int ntfs_remove_posix_acl(struct SECURITY_CONTEXT *scx, const char *path,
 			const char *name, ntfs_inode *ni);
+#endif
+
 int ntfs_get_ntfs_acl(struct SECURITY_CONTEXT *scx, const char *path,
 			const char *name, char *value, size_t size,
 			ntfs_inode *ni);
@@ -289,9 +291,6 @@ int ntfs_set_ntfs_acl(struct SECURITY_CONTEXT *scx, const char *path,
 			const char *name, const char *value, size_t size,
 			ntfs_inode *ni);
 
-#endif
-
-
 /*
  *		Security API for direct access to security descriptors
  *	based on Win32 API
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/security.c b/libntfs-3g/security.c
index 1e5d6a2d..33cd53cc 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/security.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/security.c
@@ -2128,6 +2128,8 @@ int ntfs_get_posix_acl(struct SECURITY_CONTEXT *scx, const char *path,
 	return (outsize ? (int)outsize : -errno);
 }
 
+#endif /* POSIXACLS */
+
 /*
  *		Get an NTFS ACL
  *
@@ -2155,8 +2157,6 @@ int ntfs_get_ntfs_acl(struct SECURITY_CONTEXT *scx, const char *path,
 	return (outsize ? (int)outsize : -errno);
 }
 
-#endif /* POSIXACLS */
-
 /*
  *		Get owner, group and permissions in an stat structure
  *	returns permissions, or -1 if there is a problem
@@ -2849,6 +2849,8 @@ int ntfs_remove_posix_acl(struct SECURITY_CONTEXT *scx, const char *path,
 			(const char*)NULL, 0, ni));
 }
 
+#endif
+
 /*
  *		Set a new NTFS ACL to a file
  *
@@ -2867,7 +2869,11 @@ int ntfs_set_ntfs_acl(struct SECURITY_CONTEXT *scx,
 	if ((size > 0)
 	   && ntfs_valid_descr(value,size)
 	   && (ntfs_attr_size(value) == size)) {
+#if POSIXACLS
 		if (ntfs_allowed_as_owner(scx,path,ni)) {
+#else
+			{ /* relying on fuse for access control */
+#endif
 				/* need copying in order to write */
 			attr = (char*)ntfs_malloc(size);
 			if (attr) {
@@ -2908,9 +2914,6 @@ int ntfs_set_ntfs_acl(struct SECURITY_CONTEXT *scx,
 	return (res ? -1 : 0);
 }
 
-#endif
-
-
 /*
  *		Set new permissions to a file
  *	Checks user mapping has been defined before request for setting