diff --git a/common/download.cpp b/common/download.cpp
index 5ef60a420..17f930f5a 100644
--- a/common/download.cpp
+++ b/common/download.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
+#if defined(LLAMA_USE_HTTPLIB)
 #include "http.h"
+#endif
 
 #ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ std::pair<std::string, std::string> common_download_split_repo_tag(const std::st
     return {hf_repo, tag};
 }
 
+#if defined(LLAMA_USE_HTTPLIB)
+
 class ProgressBar {
     static inline std::mutex mutex;
     static inline std::map<const ProgressBar *, int> lines;
@@ -764,6 +768,30 @@ std::string common_docker_resolve_model(const std::string & docker) {
     }
 }
 
+#else
+
+common_hf_file_res common_get_hf_file(const std::string &, const std::string &, bool, const common_header_list &) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("download functionality is not enabled in this build");
+}
+
+bool common_download_model(const common_params_model &, const std::string &, bool, const common_header_list &) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("download functionality is not enabled in this build");
+}
+
+std::string common_docker_resolve_model(const std::string &) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("download functionality is not enabled in this build");
+}
+
+int common_download_file_single(const std::string &,
+                                const std::string &,
+                                const std::string &,
+                                bool,
+                                const common_header_list &) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("download functionality is not enabled in this build");
+}
+
+#endif // defined(LLAMA_USE_HTTPLIB)
+
 std::vector<common_cached_model_info> common_list_cached_models() {
     std::vector<common_cached_model_info> models;
     const std::string cache_dir = fs_get_cache_directory();