diff --git a/lib/librte_metrics/meson.build b/lib/librte_metrics/meson.build
index 28a8cc1155..d5be6a2145 100644
--- a/lib/librte_metrics/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_metrics/meson.build
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
-sources = files('rte_metrics.c')
-headers = files('rte_metrics.h')
+sources = files('rte_metrics.c', 'rte_metrics_telemetry.c')
+headers = files('rte_metrics.h', 'rte_metrics_telemetry.h')
 
 jansson = dependency('jansson', required: false, method: 'pkg-config')
 if jansson.found()
+	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_HAS_JANSSON', 1)
 	ext_deps += jansson
-	sources += files('rte_metrics_telemetry.c')
-	headers += files('rte_metrics_telemetry.h')
-	deps += ['ethdev', 'telemetry']
-	includes += include_directories('../librte_telemetry')
 endif
+
+deps += ['ethdev', 'telemetry']
diff --git a/lib/librte_metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.c b/lib/librte_metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.c
index b8ee56ef01..795bd29fe3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.c
+++ b/lib/librte_metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.c
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
  * Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation
  */
 
-#include <jansson.h>
-
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #ifdef RTE_LIB_TELEMETRY
@@ -13,6 +11,8 @@
 #include "rte_metrics.h"
 #include "rte_metrics_telemetry.h"
 
+#ifdef RTE_HAS_JANSSON
+
 struct telemetry_metrics_data tel_met_data;
 
 int metrics_log_level;
@@ -541,3 +541,62 @@ RTE_INIT(metrics_ctor)
 			handle_ports_stats_values_by_name);
 #endif
 }
+
+#else /* !RTE_HAS_JANSSON */
+
+int32_t
+rte_metrics_tel_reg_all_ethdev(int *metrics_register_done, int *reg_index_list)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(metrics_register_done);
+	RTE_SET_USED(reg_index_list);
+
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+int32_t
+rte_metrics_tel_encode_json_format(struct telemetry_encode_param *ep,
+	char **json_buffer)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(ep);
+	RTE_SET_USED(json_buffer);
+
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+int32_t
+rte_metrics_tel_get_ports_stats_json(struct telemetry_encode_param *ep,
+	int *reg_index, char **json_buffer)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(ep);
+	RTE_SET_USED(reg_index);
+	RTE_SET_USED(json_buffer);
+
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+int32_t
+rte_metrics_tel_get_port_stats_ids(struct telemetry_encode_param *ep)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(ep);
+
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+int32_t
+rte_metrics_tel_extract_data(struct telemetry_encode_param *ep, json_t *data)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(ep);
+	RTE_SET_USED(data);
+
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+int32_t
+rte_metrics_tel_get_global_stats(struct telemetry_encode_param *ep)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(ep);
+
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+#endif /* !RTE_HAS_JANSSON */
diff --git a/lib/librte_metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.h b/lib/librte_metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.h
index 5dbb32ca0c..2b6eb1ccc8 100644
--- a/lib/librte_metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.h
+++ b/lib/librte_metrics/rte_metrics_telemetry.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation
  */
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIB_TELEMETRY
+#ifdef RTE_HAS_JANSSON
 #include <jansson.h>
 #else
 #define json_t void *