1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dd0d2b3b11..c2366eef45 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2916,7 +2916,8 @@ if test "$softmmu" = yes ; then
       tools="$tools fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper\$(EXESUF)"
     else
       if test "$virtfs" = yes; then
-        feature_not_found "virtfs"
+        echo "VirtFS is supported only on Linux and requires libcap-devel and libattr-devel"
+        exit 1
       fi
       virtfs=no
     fi