diff --git a/usr.sbin/Makefile b/usr.sbin/Makefile
index 3f39337e48d3..b237eb560956 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/Makefile
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ SUBDIR=	IPXrouted \
 	sliplogin \
 	slstat \
 	spray \
-	sysinstall \
 	syslogd \
 	tcpdchk \
 	tcpdmatch \
@@ -198,6 +197,10 @@ SUBDIR+=boot98cfg
 SUBDIR+=ofwdump
 .endif
 
+.if ${MACHINE} == "i386" || ${MACHINE} == "alpha" || ${MACHINE} == "pc98"
+SUBDIR+=	sysinstall
+.endif
+
 .if exists(${.CURDIR}/../crypto) && !defined(NOCRYPT) && !defined(NO_OPENSSL)
 SUBDIR+=keyserv
 .endif