From 516bd6eb9711b7eb97ebf1a18c58e955a7b7d8ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Richiardi <a.richiardi.work@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 21:18:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] cmake: skip cvector-generator and export-lora when CPU
 backend is disabled

---
 tools/CMakeLists.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index a60d3dab469a..780df3266132 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ else()
     if (GGML_RPC)
         add_subdirectory(rpc)
     endif()
-    if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL)
-        # these examples use the backends directly and cannot be built with dynamic loading
+    if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL AND GGML_CPU)
+        # these tools use backends directly (no dynamic loading) and depend on CPU backend symbols
         add_subdirectory(cvector-generator)
         add_subdirectory(export-lora)
     endif()