diff --git a/util/meson.build b/util/meson.build
index 3c3bf26c2..a598d9daf 100644
--- a/util/meson.build
+++ b/util/meson.build
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ endif
 
 if (glib_dep.found() and
     png_dep.found() and
+    have_shm and
     host_machine.system() != 'windows' and
     conf.get('CAIRO_HAS_DLSYM', 0) == 1 and
     feature_conf.get('CAIRO_HAS_SCRIPT_SURFACE', 0) == 1 and