diff --git a/src/server/Makefile.am b/src/server/Makefile.am
--- a/src/server/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/server/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+bin_PROGRAMS =
+if ENABLE_SERVER
+bin_PROGRAMS += distrend distrenslave
+endif
+
 COMMON_SOURCES =  slavefuncs.c slavefuncs.h distrenjob.c distrenjob.h
 
-bin_PROGRAMS = distrend distrenslave
 distrend_SOURCES = distrend.c distrend.h ${COMMON_SOURCES} user_mgr.c user_mgr.h listen.h listen.c
 distrend_LDADD = @top_builddir@/src/common/libdistrencommon.la @DISTLIBS_LDADD@ @LIST_LIBS@
 distrend_LDFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_LDFLAGS@