diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index 275f00b60d..0b710b7959 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -103,3 +103,6 @@ dpdk_conf.set('RTE_COMPILE_TIME_CPUFLAGS', ','.join(compile_time_cpuflags))
 dpdk_conf.set_quoted('RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH', eal_pmd_path)
 
 install_headers('rte_config.h', subdir: get_option('include_subdir_arch'))
+
+# enable VFIO only if it is linux OS
+dpdk_conf.set('RTE_EAL_VFIO', host_machine.system() == 'linux')
diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
index 333fb0be95..d3732e9533 100644
--- a/config/rte_config.h
+++ b/config/rte_config.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #define RTE_MAX_TAILQ 32
 #define RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL RTE_LOG_INFO
 #define RTE_BACKTRACE 1
-#define RTE_EAL_VFIO 1
 #define RTE_MAX_VFIO_CONTAINERS 64
 
 /* bsd module defines */