diff --git a/libs/libc/syslog/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/libc/syslog/CMakeLists.txt
index e583e84d692..8837e596613 100644
--- a/libs/libc/syslog/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/libc/syslog/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@
 #
 # ##############################################################################
 
-target_sources(c PRIVATE lib_setlogmask.c lib_syslog.c)
+if(CONFIG_SYSLOG)
+  target_sources(c PRIVATE lib_setlogmask.c lib_syslog.c)
+endif()