diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4ed1f12dcc..493e15e7c2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -629,12 +629,13 @@ libsystemd_audit_la_LIBADD = \
 	libsystemd-capability.la
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if HAVE_ACL
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES += \
 	libsystemd-acl.la
 
 libsystemd_acl_la_SOURCES = \
-	src/shared/acl.c \
-	src/shared/acl.h
+	src/shared/acl-util.c \
+	src/shared/acl-util.h
 
 libsystemd_acl_la_CFLAGS = \
 	$(AM_CFLAGS) \
@@ -642,6 +643,7 @@ libsystemd_acl_la_CFLAGS = \
 
 libsystemd_acl_la_LIBADD = \
 	$(ACL_LIBS)
+endif
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES += \
diff --git a/src/journal/journald.c b/src/journal/journald.c
index 073bb890ab..ea23cff26e 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_ACL
 #include <sys/acl.h>
 #include <acl/libacl.h>
-#include "acl.h"
+#include "acl-util.h"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
diff --git a/src/login/logind-acl.c b/src/login/logind-acl.c
index e2e8696cda..eb8a48d191 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-acl.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-acl.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "logind-acl.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "acl.h"
+#include "acl-util.h"
 
 static int flush_acl(acl_t acl) {
         acl_entry_t i;
diff --git a/src/shared/acl.c b/src/shared/acl-util.c
similarity index 98%
rename from src/shared/acl.c
rename to src/shared/acl-util.c
index d6a80f44ae..a2a9f9a22b 100644
--- a/src/shared/acl.c
+++ b/src/shared/acl-util.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-#include "acl.h"
+#include "acl-util.h"
 
 int acl_find_uid(acl_t acl, uid_t uid, acl_entry_t *entry) {
         acl_entry_t i;
diff --git a/src/shared/acl.h b/src/shared/acl-util.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shared/acl.h
rename to src/shared/acl-util.h