diff --git a/test/src/mbgl/test/test.cpp b/test/src/mbgl/test/test.cpp
index 37447f9d9..39afcc97e 100644
--- a/test/src/mbgl/test/test.cpp
+++ b/test/src/mbgl/test/test.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 namespace mbgl {
 
 int runTests(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+#if TEST_HAS_SERVER
     auto server = std::make_unique<test::Server>("test/storage/server.js");
+#endif
+
     testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
     return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
 }