diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 45cbe56bde..2624b1d218 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
 obj-y = arch_init.o cpus.o monitor.o machine.o gdbstub.o vl.o
 # virtio has to be here due to weird dependency between PCI and virtio-net.
 # need to fix this properly
-obj-y += virtio-blk.o virtio-balloon.o virtio-net.o virtio-pci.o virtio-serial-bus.o
+obj-y += virtio-blk.o virtio-balloon.o virtio-net.o virtio-serial-bus.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI) += virtio-pci.o
 obj-y += event_notifier.o
 obj-y += vhost_net.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_NET) += vhost.o