diff --git a/keyserver/gpgkeys_hkp.c b/keyserver/gpgkeys_hkp.c
index 8e35783c7..73f5e560c 100644
--- a/keyserver/gpgkeys_hkp.c
+++ b/keyserver/gpgkeys_hkp.c
@@ -629,13 +629,20 @@ show_help (FILE *fp)
 int
 main(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
-  int arg,ret=KEYSERVER_INTERNAL_ERROR,try_srv=1;
+  int arg,ret=KEYSERVER_INTERNAL_ERROR;
   char line[MAX_LINE];
   int failed=0;
   struct keylist *keylist=NULL,*keyptr=NULL;
   char *proxy=NULL;
   struct curl_slist *headers=NULL,*resolve=NULL;
 
+  /* Only default this to on if we have SRV support */
+#ifdef USE_DNS_SRV
+  int try_srv = 1;
+#else
+  int try_srv = 0;
+#endif
+
   console=stderr;
 
   /* Kludge to implement standard GNU options.  */