diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c
similarity index 97%
rename from hw/9pfs/9p-util.c
rename to hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c
index 3221d9b498..398614a5d0 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 9p utilities
+ * 9p utilities (Linux Implementation)
  *
  * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2017
  *
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/meson.build b/hw/9pfs/meson.build
index 99be5d9119..1b28e70040 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/meson.build
+++ b/hw/9pfs/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ fs_ss.add(files(
   '9p-posix-acl.c',
   '9p-proxy.c',
   '9p-synth.c',
-  '9p-util.c',
   '9p-xattr-user.c',
   '9p-xattr.c',
   '9p.c',
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ fs_ss.add(files(
   'coth.c',
   'coxattr.c',
 ))
+fs_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_LINUX', if_true: files('9p-util-linux.c'))
 fs_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_XEN', if_true: files('xen-9p-backend.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_FSDEV_9P', if_true: fs_ss)