diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/meson.build b/src/compiler/nir/meson.build
index 248389475e5..8c55fc7c0e3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/meson.build
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/meson.build
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ nir_intrinsics_c = custom_target(
   depend_files : files('nir_intrinsics.py'),
 )
 
-with_nir_headers_only = (
+with_nir_headers_only = not with_gfx_compute or (
   gallium_drivers == ['d3d12'] and
   get_option('gallium-d3d12-graphics').disabled() and
   not [