diff --git a/panda/src/audio/audio_load_st.cxx b/panda/src/audio/audio_load_st.cxx
index 24a0a40956..44875ce366 100644
--- a/panda/src/audio/audio_load_st.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/audio/audio_load_st.cxx
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ void AudioDestroySt(AudioTraits::SampleClass* sample) {
 void AudioLoadSt(AudioTraits::SampleClass** sample,
 		 AudioTraits::PlayerClass** player,
 		 AudioTraits::DeleteSampleFunc** destroy, Filename filename) {
+#ifdef HAVE_SOXST
   byte* buf;
   unsigned long len;
   read_file(filename, &buf, len);
@@ -445,6 +446,11 @@ void AudioLoadSt(AudioTraits::SampleClass** sample,
     *player = LinuxPlayer::get_instance();
     *destroy = AudioDestroySt;
   }
+#else /* HAVE_SOXST */
+  *sample = (AudioTraits::SampleClass*)0L;
+  *player = (AudioTraits::PlayerClass*)0L;
+  *destroy = AudioDestroySt;
+#endif /* HAVE_SOXST */
 }
 
 #else /* AUDIO_USE_LINUX */