diff --git a/libswscale/ops.c b/libswscale/ops.c
index e8c05587e1..21aeb16931 100644
--- a/libswscale/ops.c
+++ b/libswscale/ops.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ extern const SwsOpBackend backend_x86;
 
 const SwsOpBackend * const ff_sws_op_backends[] = {
     &backend_murder,
-#if ARCH_X86_64
+#if ARCH_X86_64 && HAVE_X86ASM
     &backend_x86,
 #endif
     &backend_c,