diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index f9a0c30..de300b9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -306,10 +306,16 @@
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/mips/boot VMLINUX=$(vmlinux-32) \
 		$(bootvars-y) arch/mips/boot/$@
 
+ifdef CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT
 # boot/compressed
 $(bootz-y): $(vmlinux-32) FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/mips/boot/compressed \
 		$(bootvars-y) 32bit-bfd=$(32bit-bfd) $@
+else
+vmlinuz: FORCE
+	@echo '   CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT is not enabled'
+	/bin/false
+endif
 
 
 CLEAN_FILES += vmlinux.32 vmlinux.64