diff '--color=auto' -ru a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am	2025-01-05 09:10:10.847711246 +0000
+++ b/Makefile.am	2025-01-05 09:11:31.846314376 +0000
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
 
 bcrelay_SOURCES = bcrelay.c defaults.h our_syslog.h our_getopt.h
 
+if HAVE_LOGWTMP
 subdirs = plugins
+endif
 
 all-local:
 	for d in $(subdirs); do $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) -C $$d all; done
diff '--color=auto' -ru a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2025-01-05 09:10:10.855711207 +0000
+++ b/configure.ac	2025-01-05 09:11:01.901461097 +0000
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@
 AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, accept)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(util, openpty)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(util, logwtmp, [has_logwtmp=true])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LOGWTMP], [test "x$has_logwtmp" = "xtrue"])
 AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, gettext)
 LIBS="$XYZZY_LIBS"
 if test "$ac_cv_lib_c_accept" = no; then