diff --git a/jurt/source/pipe/makefile.mk b/jurt/source/pipe/makefile.mk
index b0f0b9588e8c..2c7089ff36ea 100644
--- a/jurt/source/pipe/makefile.mk
+++ b/jurt/source/pipe/makefile.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ USE_DEFFILE=TRUE
 
 .INCLUDE :  settings.mk
 
+.IF "$(SOLAR_JAVA)"==""
+nojava:
+    @echo "Not building jurt because Java is disabled"
+.ENDIF
+
 # --- Files --------------------------------------------------------
 
 SLOFILES = \