diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.c b/src/util/vircgroup.c
index 093a146e45..7c594280e6 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.c
@@ -4020,6 +4020,17 @@ virCgroupAvailable(void)
 }
 
 
+int
+virCgroupDetectMountsFromFile(virCgroupPtr group ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                              const char *path ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                              bool checkLinks ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    virReportSystemError(ENXIO, "%s",
+                         _("Control groups not supported on this platform"));
+    return -1;
+}
+
+
 int
 virCgroupNewPartition(const char *path ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                       bool create ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,