diff --git a/lib/dict.c b/lib/dict.c
index f8e402bcfb7c25c4af31ae21e59e98d259dc3ab5..baddc40dee9f53b3540d5f38021213d5e4e3f9db 100644
--- a/lib/dict.c
+++ b/lib/dict.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 #include "setup.h"
 
+#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_DICT
+
 /* -- WIN32 approved -- */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -222,3 +224,4 @@ CURLcode Curl_dict(struct connectdata *conn)
 
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
+#endif /*CURL_DISABLE_DICT*/