2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 368cec6..4724ae5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -504,6 +504,9 @@ Extension Modules
 Build
 -----
 
+- Issue #7589: Only build the nis module when the correct header files are
+  found.
+
 - Switch to OpenSSL 0.9.8l on Windows.
 
 - Issue #5792: Extend the short float repr support to x86 systems using
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ea4e67..04305de 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
             exts.append( Extension('resource', ['resource.c']) )
 
             # Sun yellow pages. Some systems have the functions in libc.
-            if platform not in ['cygwin', 'qnx6']:
+            if platform not in ['cygwin', 'qnx6'] and find_file('rpcsvc/yp_prot.h', inc_dirs, []) is not None:
                 if (self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'nsl')):
                     libs = ['nsl']
                 else: