diff --git a/cmd/crio/main.go b/cmd/crio/main.go
index a1c0bad9..0c4bfa3b 100644
--- a/cmd/crio/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crio/main.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/lib"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/server"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/version"
-	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/soheilhy/cmux"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
@@ -429,7 +428,7 @@ func main() {
 		config := c.App.Metadata["config"].(*server.Config)
 
 		if !config.SELinux {
-			selinux.SetDisabled()
+			disableSELinux()
 		}
 
 		if _, err := os.Stat(config.Runtime); os.IsNotExist(err) {
diff --git a/cmd/crio/selinux_linux.go b/cmd/crio/selinux_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a32c1d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/crio/selinux_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// +build linux
+
+package main
+
+import selinux "github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
+
+func disableSELinux() {
+	selinux.SetDisabled()
+}
diff --git a/cmd/crio/selinux_unsupported.go b/cmd/crio/selinux_unsupported.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e719ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/crio/selinux_unsupported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// +build !linux
+
+package main
+
+import "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+func disableSELinux() {
+	logrus.Infof("there is no selinux to disable")
+}