diff --git a/cmd/containerd/builtins_btrfs_linux.go b/cmd/containerd/builtins_btrfs_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5aa91787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/containerd/builtins_btrfs_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// +build !containerd_no_btrfs
+
+package main
+
+import _ "github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshot/btrfs"
diff --git a/cmd/containerd/builtins_linux.go b/cmd/containerd/builtins_linux.go
index fa26830c8..1116acc0c 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/builtins_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/builtins_linux.go
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ package main
 import (
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/linux"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/metrics/cgroups"
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshot/btrfs"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshot/overlay"
 )