diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
index 6822167a79..b604bbf364 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
@@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ zfs_valid_proplist(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, zfs_type_t type, nvlist_t *nvl,
 
 		case ZFS_PROP_MLSLABEL:
 		{
+#ifdef HAVE_MLSLABEL
 			/*
 			 * Verify the mlslabel string and convert to
 			 * internal hex label string.
@@ -955,7 +956,12 @@ badlabel:
 			(void) zfs_error(hdl, EZFS_BADPROP, errbuf);
 			m_label_free(new_sl);	/* OK if null */
 			goto error;
-
+#else
+			zfs_error_aux(hdl, dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN,
+			    "mlslabels are unsupported"));
+			(void) zfs_error(hdl, EZFS_BADPROP, errbuf);
+			goto error;
+#endif /* HAVE_MLSLABEL */
 		}
 
 		case ZFS_PROP_MOUNTPOINT:
@@ -2016,6 +2022,7 @@ zfs_prop_get(zfs_handle_t *zhp, zfs_prop_t prop, char *propbuf, size_t proplen,
 
 	case ZFS_PROP_MLSLABEL:
 		{
+#ifdef HAVE_MLSLABEL
 			m_label_t *new_sl = NULL;
 			char *ascii = NULL;	/* human readable label */
 
@@ -2049,6 +2056,10 @@ zfs_prop_get(zfs_handle_t *zhp, zfs_prop_t prop, char *propbuf, size_t proplen,
 
 			(void) strlcpy(propbuf, ascii, proplen);
 			free(ascii);
+#else
+			(void) strlcpy(propbuf,
+			    getprop_string(zhp, prop, &source), proplen);
+#endif /* HAVE_MLSLABEL */
 		}
 		break;
 
diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
index 442989c337..680741b799 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ zfs_secpolicy_write_perms(const char *name, const char *perm, cred_t *cr)
 static int
 zfs_set_slabel_policy(const char *name, char *strval, cred_t *cr)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_MLSLABEL
 	char		ds_hexsl[MAXNAMELEN];
 	bslabel_t	ds_sl, new_sl;
 	boolean_t	new_default = FALSE;
@@ -426,6 +427,9 @@ out_check:
 	if (needed_priv != -1)
 		return (PRIV_POLICY(cr, needed_priv, B_FALSE, EPERM, NULL));
 	return (0);
+#else
+	return ENOTSUP;
+#endif /* HAVE_MLSLABEL */
 }
 
 static int