diff --git a/libs/conf/config.c b/libs/conf/config.c
index 47a1dc9..65331f3 100644
--- a/libs/conf/config.c
+++ b/libs/conf/config.c
@@ -684,9 +684,11 @@ void conf_init(void) {
                 bindsfile = strdup(dest);
             }
 
+#if FIFO
             if (config_setting_lookup_string(conf, "fifofile", &dest)) {
                 fifofile = strdup(dest);
             }
+#endif
 
             if (config_setting_lookup_string(conf, "screenshotfile", &dest) && strcmp(dest, "NULL")) {
                 screenshotfile = strdup(dest);
diff --git a/libs/options.h b/libs/options.h
index fd8466b..93ba8b7 100644
--- a/libs/options.h
+++ b/libs/options.h
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ static int maxcache                    = 512; /* Max image size to cache */
 static char *cachedir                  = "default"; /* Cache directory. Default means spmenu will determine automatically */
 
 /* FIFO options */
+#if FIFO
 static char *fifofile                  = "/tmp/spmenu.fifo"; /* spmenu FIFO path */
+#endif
 
 /* Screenshot options */
 static char *screenshotfile            = NULL; /* Screenshot file path. If set to NULL, the default path will be used. */