diff --git a/hw/display/vhost-user-gpu.c b/hw/display/vhost-user-gpu.c
index 1150521d9db744009d3c1c364882f88cd68cbb63..709c8a02a1468dfb26355bf363e717f1b410c183 100644
--- a/hw/display/vhost-user-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/vhost-user-gpu.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ vhost_user_gpu_handle_display(VhostUserGPU *g, VhostUserGpuMsg *msg)
         dpy_gl_update(con, m->x, m->y, m->width, m->height);
         break;
     }
+#ifdef CONFIG_PIXMAN
     case VHOST_USER_GPU_UPDATE: {
         VhostUserGpuUpdate *m = &msg->payload.update;
 
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ vhost_user_gpu_handle_display(VhostUserGPU *g, VhostUserGpuMsg *msg)
         }
         break;
     }
+#endif
     default:
         g_warning("unhandled message %d %d", msg->request, msg->size);
     }