diff --git a/servers/slapd/config.c b/servers/slapd/config.c
index 0fdb6229c2..d49baa0b09 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/config.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/config.c
@@ -558,10 +558,12 @@ read_config( const char *fname )
 
 			lutil_salt_format( cargv[1] );
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CYRUS_SASL
 		/* SASL config options */
 		} else if ( strncasecmp( cargv[0], "sasl", 4 ) == 0 ) {
 			if ( slap_sasl_config( cargc, cargv, line, fname, lineno ) )
 				return 1;
+#endif /* HAVE_CYRUS_SASL */
 
 		/* set UCDATA path */
 		} else if ( strcasecmp( cargv[0], "ucdata-path" ) == 0 ) {