diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cb0585afb4..273f0119e7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ DIRS-$(CONFIG_TESTS) += test
 
 .PHONY: all clean $(DIRS-y) config.h CONFIG.local mk/cc.mk cc_version cxx_version
 
+ifeq ($(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/lib/env_dpdk,$(CONFIG_ENV))
 ifeq ($(CURDIR)/dpdk/build,$(CONFIG_DPDK_DIR))
 ifneq ($(SKIP_DPDK_BUILD),1)
 DPDKBUILD = dpdkbuild
 DIRS-y += dpdkbuild
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 all: $(DIRS-y)
 clean: $(DIRS-y)