diff --git a/binr/blob/Makefile b/binr/blob/Makefile
index 10cc58ff5d..a890a68320 100644
--- a/binr/blob/Makefile
+++ b/binr/blob/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ LDFLAGS+=../../libr/hash/libr_hash.a
 LDFLAGS+=../../libr/bin/libr_bin.a
 LDFLAGS+=../../libr/util/libr_util.a
 # extra libs #
+ifeq (1,$(WITH_GPL))
 LDFLAGS+=../../shlr/grub/libgrubfs.a
+endif
 LDFLAGS+=../../shlr/capstone/libcapstone.a
 LDFLAGS+=../../shlr/sdb/src/libsdb.a
 LDFLAGS+=../../shlr/gdb/lib/libgdbr.a
diff --git a/binr/rules.mk b/binr/rules.mk
index 0bc631af38..9fad60f49c 100644
--- a/binr/rules.mk
+++ b/binr/rules.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ ifeq ($(WITHNONPIC),1)
 ## LDFLAGS+=$(addsuffix /lib${BINDEPS}.a,$(addprefix ../../libr/,$(subst r_,,$(BINDEPS))))
 LDFLAGS+=$(shell for a in ${BINDEPS} ; do b=`echo $$a |sed -e s,r_,,g`; echo ../../libr/$$b/lib$$a.${EXT_AR} ; done )
 LDFLAGS+=../../shlr/sdb/src/libsdb.a
+ifeq (1,$(WITH_GPL))
 LDFLAGS+=../../shlr/grub/libgrubfs.a
+endif
 LDFLAGS+=../../shlr/gdb/lib/libgdbr.a
 LDFLAGS+=../../shlr/windbg/libr_windbg.a
 LDFLAGS+=../../shlr/capstone/libcapstone.a