diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 9643689dd..d104d202a 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 20 September 2016: Wouter
 	- iana portlist update.
+	- Fix #835: fix --disable-dsa with nettle verify.
 
 15 September 2016: Wouter
 	- Fix 883: error for duplicate local zone entry.
diff --git a/validator/val_secalgo.c b/validator/val_secalgo.c
index fb0f796fe..e3a155525 100644
--- a/validator/val_secalgo.c
+++ b/validator/val_secalgo.c
@@ -1361,6 +1361,7 @@ dnskey_algo_id_is_supported(int id)
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef USE_DSA
 static char *
 _verify_nettle_dsa(sldns_buffer* buf, unsigned char* sigblock,
 	unsigned int sigblock_len, unsigned char* key, unsigned int keylen)
@@ -1448,6 +1449,7 @@ _verify_nettle_dsa(sldns_buffer* buf, unsigned char* sigblock,
 	else
 		return NULL;
 }
+#endif /* USE_DSA */
 
 static char *
 _verify_nettle_rsa(sldns_buffer* buf, unsigned int digest_size, char* sigblock,