diff --git a/src/test/Makefile.am b/src/test/Makefile.am
index 22b3a5decdf..4126d5b82a0 100644
--- a/src/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/test/Makefile.am
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ ceph_dencoder_SOURCES = \
 	test/encoding/ceph_dencoder.cc \
 	$(DENCODER_SOURCES)
 ceph_dencoder_LDADD = \
-	$(LIBOSD) $(LIBMDS) $(LIBMON) $(LIBRGW) $(LIBRGW_DEPS) \
+	$(LIBOSD) $(LIBMDS) $(LIBMON) \
 	$(DENCODER_DEPS) $(CEPH_GLOBAL)
+if WITH_RADOSGW
+ceph_dencoder_LDADD += $(LIBRGW) $(LIBRGW_DEPS)
+endif
 
 # These should always use explicit _CFLAGS/_CXXFLAGS so avoid basename conflicts
 ceph_dencoder_CFLAGS = ${AM_CFLAGS}