diff --git a/gio/Makefile.am b/gio/Makefile.am
index d7fcb9161..df4f24014 100644
--- a/gio/Makefile.am
+++ b/gio/Makefile.am
@@ -613,8 +613,11 @@ libgio_objc_2_0_la_SOURCES = \
 	gnextstepsettingsbackend.c \
 	gosxcontenttype.c \
 	gosxappinfo.c \
-	gosxappinfo.h \
+	gosxappinfo.h
+if MAC_OS_X_9
+libgio_objc_2_0_la_SOURCES += \
 	gcocoanotificationbackend.c
+endif
 
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libgio-objc-2.0.la
 libgio_2_0_la_LIBADD += libgio-objc-2.0.la