diff --git a/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in b/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in
index 6222fd1..9fa4d2a 100644
--- a/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in
@@ -843,8 +843,10 @@ for f in %my_builddir/*-kmp-modules; do
 	add_dirs_to_filelist "$f" >"$f2"
 done
 
-install -m 644 %_sourcedir/modules.fips %{buildroot}/lib/modules/%kernelrelease-%build_flavor/modules.fips
-echo /lib/modules/%kernelrelease-%build_flavor/modules.fips >> %my_builddir/kernel-base.files
+if [ %CONFIG_MODULES = y ]; then
+  install -m 644 %_sourcedir/modules.fips %{buildroot}/lib/modules/%kernelrelease-%build_flavor/modules.fips
+  echo /lib/modules/%kernelrelease-%build_flavor/modules.fips >> %my_builddir/kernel-base.files
+fi
 
 # Hardlink duplicate files automatically (from package fdupes): It doesn't save
 # much, but it keeps rpmlint from breaking the package build. Note that we skip