diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index b87c250e23..bb85ee1d26 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1486,6 +1486,7 @@ SRST
   Inject an MCE on the given CPU (x86 only).
 ERST
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
     {
         .name       = "getfd",
         .args_type  = "fdname:s",
@@ -1501,6 +1502,7 @@ SRST
   mechanism on unix sockets, it is stored using the name *fdname* for
   later use by other monitor commands.
 ERST
+#endif
 
     {
         .name       = "closefd",
diff --git a/monitor/fds.c b/monitor/fds.c
index 9ed4197358..d86c2c674c 100644
--- a/monitor/fds.c
+++ b/monitor/fds.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static bool monitor_add_fd(Monitor *mon, int fd, const char *fdname, Error **err
     return true;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 void qmp_getfd(const char *fdname, Error **errp)
 {
     Monitor *cur_mon = monitor_cur();
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ void qmp_getfd(const char *fdname, Error **errp)
 
     monitor_add_fd(cur_mon, fd, fdname, errp);
 }
+#endif
 
 void qmp_closefd(const char *fdname, Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index 34bd8c67d7..6c559b48c8 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ void hmp_change(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 void hmp_getfd(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     const char *fdname = qdict_get_str(qdict, "fdname");
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ void hmp_getfd(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     qmp_getfd(fdname, &err);
     hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
 }
+#endif
 
 void hmp_closefd(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
diff --git a/qapi/misc.json b/qapi/misc.json
index 5ef6286af3..6ddd16ea28 100644
--- a/qapi/misc.json
+++ b/qapi/misc.json
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 # <- { "return": {} }
 #
 ##
-{ 'command': 'getfd', 'data': {'fdname': 'str'} }
+{ 'command': 'getfd', 'data': {'fdname': 'str'}, 'if': 'CONFIG_POSIX' }
 
 ##
 # @get-win32-socket: