diff --git a/src/util/virutil.c b/src/util/virutil.c
index 3788189e57..e93885ace0 100644
--- a/src/util/virutil.c
+++ b/src/util/virutil.c
@@ -2797,6 +2797,14 @@ virSetUIDGID(uid_t uid, gid_t gid, gid_t *groups ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
 #else /* ! HAVE_GETPWUID_R */
 
+int
+virGetGroupList(uid_t uid ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, gid_t gid ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                gid_t **list)
+{
+    *list = NULL;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 # ifdef WIN32
 /* These methods are adapted from GLib2 under terms of LGPLv2+ */
 static int
@@ -2941,6 +2949,7 @@ virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(void)
 {
     return virGetUserCacheDirectory();
 }
+
 # else /* !HAVE_GETPWUID_R && !WIN32 */
 char *
 virGetUserDirectory(void)