diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4 b/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4
index 9b0e080e6f..ab5cd16f24 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ m4_ifdef(`ENABLE_RESOLVED',
 L /etc/resolv.conf - - - - ../run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf
 )m4_dnl
 C /etc/nsswitch.conf - - - -
+m4_ifdef(`HAVE_PAM',
 C /etc/pam.d - - - -
+)m4_dnl