diff --git a/appl/ftp/ftp/main.c b/appl/ftp/ftp/main.c
index d4cdd13ab..3c861bdb5 100644
--- a/appl/ftp/ftp/main.c
+++ b/appl/ftp/ftp/main.c
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ struct getargs getargs[] = {
       "passive mode", NULL},
     { NULL,	't', arg_counter, &trace,
       "Packet tracing", NULL},
+#ifdef KRB5
     { "gss-bindings", 0,  arg_negative_flag, &ftp_do_gss_bindings,
       "Use GSS-API bindings", NULL},
+#endif
     { NULL,	'v', arg_counter, &verbose,
       "verbosity", NULL},
     { NULL,	'K', arg_negative_flag, &use_kerberos,
@@ -98,7 +100,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	lineedit = 1;
 	passivemode = 0; /* passive mode not active */
         use_kerberos = 1;
+#ifdef KRB5
 	ftp_do_gss_bindings = 1;
+#endif
 
 	if(getarg(getargs, num_args, argc, argv, &optind))
 		usage(1);
diff --git a/appl/ftp/ftpd/ftpd.c b/appl/ftp/ftpd/ftpd.c
index 1daaca151..0d2e30ace 100644
--- a/appl/ftp/ftpd/ftpd.c
+++ b/appl/ftp/ftpd/ftpd.c
@@ -223,7 +223,9 @@ struct getargs args[] = {
     { NULL, 'v', arg_flag, &debug, "enable debugging" },
     { "builtin-ls", 'B', arg_flag, &use_builtin_ls, "use built-in ls to list files" },
     { "good-chars", 0, arg_string, &good_chars, "allowed anonymous upload filename chars" },
+#ifdef KRB5    
     { "gss-bindings", 0,  arg_flag, &ftp_do_gss_bindings, "Require GSS-API bindings", NULL},
+#endif
     { "version", 0, arg_flag, &version_flag },
     { "help", 'h', arg_flag, &help_flag }
 };