diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index e4a9aa9..1977409 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3328,9 +3328,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             case QEMU_OPTION_no_acpi:
                 acpi_enabled = 0;
                 break;
+#ifdef TARGET_I386
             case QEMU_OPTION_no_hpet:
                 no_hpet = 1;
                 break;
+#endif
             case QEMU_OPTION_balloon:
                 if (balloon_parse(optarg) < 0) {
                     fprintf(stderr, "Unknown -balloon argument %s\n", optarg);