diff --git a/legacy/eio/ChangeLog b/legacy/eio/ChangeLog
index d576945865..ffe62fce30 100644
--- a/legacy/eio/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/eio/ChangeLog
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@
 2012-09-10  Cedric Bail
 
 	* Fix monitor shutdown when mainloop did never run.
+
+2012-09-14  Cedric Bail
+
+	* Fix build with xattr without splice.
diff --git a/legacy/eio/NEWS b/legacy/eio/NEWS
index 8a42fa7b9f..fe55f37550 100644
--- a/legacy/eio/NEWS
+++ b/legacy/eio/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Additions:
 
 Fixes:
 	- fix monitor shutdown when mainloop did never run.
+	- fix build with xattr and without splice.
 
 Improvements:
 
diff --git a/legacy/eio/src/lib/eio_file.c b/legacy/eio/src/lib/eio_file.c
index 247546fcd6..31122d0c1f 100644
--- a/legacy/eio/src/lib/eio_file.c
+++ b/legacy/eio/src/lib/eio_file.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ eio_file_copy_do(Ecore_Thread *thread, Eio_File_Progress *copy)
      }
    else
      {
-#ifdef HAVE_XATTR
+#if defined HAVE_XATTR && defined HAVE_SPLICE
        _eio_file_copy_xattr(thread, copy, in, out);
 #endif
      }