diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 51ff9c9ec9..99bdcfa346 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ SCM_TESTS =					\
   tests/monads.scm				\
   tests/nar.scm				\
   tests/networking.scm				\
-  tests/offload.scm				\
   tests/opam.scm				\
   tests/openpgp.scm				\
   tests/packages.scm				\
@@ -499,6 +498,12 @@ SCM_TESTS =					\
   tests/uuid.scm				\
   tests/workers.scm
 
+if BUILD_DAEMON_OFFLOAD
+SCM_TESTS  += tests/offload.scm
+else
+EXTRA_DIST += tests/offload.scm
+endif
+
 SH_TESTS =					\
   tests/guix-build.sh				\
   tests/guix-build-branch.sh			\