diff --git a/include/tscore/EventNotify.h b/include/tscore/EventNotify.h
index 864c8093254..09b62937291 100644
--- a/include/tscore/EventNotify.h
+++ b/include/tscore/EventNotify.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class EventNotify
   ~EventNotify();
 
 private:
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
   int m_event_fd;
   int m_epoll_fd;
 #else
diff --git a/src/tscore/EventNotify.cc b/src/tscore/EventNotify.cc
index fb88fefcf12..fae43c67556 100644
--- a/src/tscore/EventNotify.cc
+++ b/src/tscore/EventNotify.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "tscore/ink_hrtime.h"
 #include "tscore/ink_defs.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 EventNotify::EventNotify()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
   int ret;
   struct epoll_event ev;
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ EventNotify::EventNotify()
 void
 EventNotify::signal()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
   uint64_t value = 1;
   //
   // If the addition would cause the counter's value of eventfd
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ EventNotify::signal()
 int
 EventNotify::wait()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
   ssize_t nr, nr_fd;
   uint64_t value = 0;
   struct epoll_event ev;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ EventNotify::wait()
 int
 EventNotify::timedwait(int timeout) // milliseconds
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
   ssize_t nr, nr_fd = 0;
   uint64_t value = 0;
   struct epoll_event ev;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ EventNotify::timedwait(int timeout) // milliseconds
 void
 EventNotify::lock()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
 // do nothing
 #else
   ink_mutex_acquire(&m_mutex);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ EventNotify::lock()
 bool
 EventNotify::trylock()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
   return true;
 #else
   return ink_mutex_try_acquire(&m_mutex);
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ EventNotify::trylock()
 void
 EventNotify::unlock()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
 // do nothing
 #else
   ink_mutex_release(&m_mutex);
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ EventNotify::unlock()
 
 EventNotify::~EventNotify()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+#if defined(HAVE_EVENTFD) && TS_USE_EPOLL == 1
   close(m_event_fd);
   close(m_epoll_fd);
 #else