diff --git a/test/sad_test.cc b/test/sad_test.cc
index 401fa1d257332846dc8f613e8e73ffb911a0359d..a692891adbad6c54ffc65338fd100849dafeb75d 100644
--- a/test/sad_test.cc
+++ b/test/sad_test.cc
@@ -545,10 +545,12 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(SSE3, SADx4Test, ::testing::Values(
 
 #if HAVE_SSSE3
 #if CONFIG_USE_X86INC
+#if CONFIG_VP8_ENCODER
 const sad_m_by_n_fn_t sad_16x16_sse3 = vp8_sad16x16_sse3;
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(SSE3, SADTest, ::testing::Values(
                         make_tuple(16, 16, sad_16x16_sse3)));
 #endif
 #endif
+#endif
 
 }  // namespace