diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index 56c319c1..00bc1137 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -386,8 +386,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) {
 #ifdef UWSGI_ROUTING
 		{"routing", no_argument, &uwsgi.routing, 1},
 #endif
+
+#ifdef UWSGI_HTTP
 		{"http", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_HTTP},
 		{"http-only", no_argument, &uwsgi.http_only, 1},
+#endif
 		{"mode", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_MODE},
 		{"env", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_ENV},
 		{"version", no_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_MODE},
@@ -731,6 +734,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) {
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef UWSGI_HTTP
 	if (uwsgi.http) {
 		char *tcp_port = strchr(uwsgi.http, ':');
 		if (tcp_port) {
@@ -788,6 +792,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) {
 		}
 		close(uwsgi.http_fd);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	if (!no_server) {
 		if (uwsgi.socket_name != NULL && !uwsgi.is_a_reload) {
@@ -2593,9 +2598,11 @@ void manage_opt(int i, char *optarg) {
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		break;
+#ifdef UWSGI_HTTP
 	case LONG_ARGS_HTTP:
 		uwsgi.http = optarg;
 		break;
+#endif
 	case LONG_ARGS_MODE:
 		uwsgi.mode = optarg;
 		break;
diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index cf7a57ce..0b856f6f 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PASTE=True
 MINTERPRETERS=True
 ASYNC=True
 UGREEN=True
+HTTP=True
 EVDIS=False
 WSGI2=False
 ROUTING=False
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ GCC = os.environ.get('CC', sysconfig.get_config_var('CC'))
 if not GCC:
 	GCC = 'gcc'
 
-gcc_list = ['utils', 'pyutils', 'protocol', 'socket', 'logging', 'wsgi_handlers', 'wsgi_headers', 'uwsgi_handlers', 'http', 'plugins', 'uwsgi']
+gcc_list = ['utils', 'pyutils', 'protocol', 'socket', 'logging', 'wsgi_handlers', 'wsgi_headers', 'uwsgi_handlers', 'plugins', 'uwsgi']
 
 # large file support
 try:
@@ -185,6 +186,9 @@ def unbit_setup():
 	global UGREEN
 	UGREEN=False
 
+	global HTTP
+	HTTP=False
+
 	global EVDIS
 	EVDIS=False
 
@@ -300,6 +304,9 @@ def parse_vars():
 		else:
 			libs.append(pcreconf)
 
+	if EVDIS:
+		cflags.append("-DUWSGI_HTTP")
+		gcc_list.append('http')
 
 	if EVDIS:
 		cflags.append("-DUWSGI_EVDIS")