diff --git a/rpm_spec/gui-daemon.spec.in b/rpm_spec/gui-daemon.spec.in
index b644364f..01cb60d0 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/gui-daemon.spec.in
+++ b/rpm_spec/gui-daemon.spec.in
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #
 #
 
+%define backend_vmm @BACKEND_VMM@
+
 Name:		qubes-gui-daemon
 Version:	@VERSION@
 Release:	1%{dist}
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ BuildRequires:	libXrandr-devel
 BuildRequires:	libconfig-devel
 BuildRequires:	libpng-devel
 BuildRequires:	libnotify-devel
-BuildRequires:	xen-devel
+%if "%{?backend_vmm}" == "xen"
+BuildRequires:  xen-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:	qubes-db-devel
 BuildRequires:	help2man
 BuildRequires:	gcc
diff --git a/shmoverride/Makefile b/shmoverride/Makefile
index 0dc808a9..73bbbc86 100644
--- a/shmoverride/Makefile
+++ b/shmoverride/Makefile
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@
 #
 #
 
-BACKEND_VMM_PKGCONFIG = $(shell pkg-config --variable=backend_vmm vchan)
-BACKEND_VMM ?= $(firstword $(BACKEND_VMM_PKGCONFIG) xen)
-ifneq ($(BACKEND_VMM),xen)
-$(error shmoverride currently supports Xen only, '$(BACKEND_VMM)' set)
+BACKEND_VMM ?= $(shell pkg-config --cflags vchan | sed 's/.*vchan-//')
+ifeq ($(filter $(BACKEND_VMM), xen kvm),)
+$(error shmoverride currently supports only Xen and KVM, '$(BACKEND_VMM)' set)
 endif
 
 LIBDIR ?= /usr/lib64
@@ -32,12 +31,17 @@ extra_cflags := -g -O2 -I../include/ -fPIC -Wall -Wextra -Werror \
 		-DSHMOVERRIDE_LIB_PATH=\"$(LIBDIR)/qubes-gui-daemon/shmoverride.so\" \
 		-I../include -fvisibility=hidden
 CC=gcc
+LIBS=-ldl
+
+ifeq ($(BACKEND_VMM),xen)
+LIBS+=-lxenctrl -lxengnttab
+endif
 
 all: shmoverride.so X-wrapper-qubes
 
 shmoverride.so: shmoverride.o ./list.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(extra_cflags) -shared -o shmoverride.so \
-		shmoverride.o list.o -ldl -lxenctrl -lxengnttab
+		shmoverride.o list.o $(LIBS)
 
 vpath %.c ../common
 
diff --git a/shmoverride/shmoverride.c b/shmoverride/shmoverride.c
index 0f2d99bd..eff93730 100644
--- a/shmoverride/shmoverride.c
+++ b/shmoverride/shmoverride.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 // #define DEBUG
+#ifdef BACKEND_VMM_xen
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
 #define XC_WANT_COMPAT_MAP_FOREIGN_API
@@ -414,3 +415,5 @@ int __attribute__ ((destructor)) descfunc(void)
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+#endif // BACKEND_VMM_xen