diff --git a/sim/common/acinclude.m4 b/sim/common/acinclude.m4
index 7f98903..c716a3a 100644
--- a/sim/common/acinclude.m4
+++ b/sim/common/acinclude.m4
@@ -622,6 +622,18 @@ hardware="$hardware [$3]"
 sim_hw_cflags="-DWITH_HW=1"
 sim_hw="$hardware"
 sim_hw_objs="\$(SIM_COMMON_HW_OBJS) `echo $sim_hw | sed -e 's/\([[^ ]][[^ ]]*\)/dv-\1.o/g'`"
+# mingw does not support sockser
+# Check this independent of --enable-sim-hardware because SIM_DV_SOCKSER_O
+# may be used by simulators which "always" are enabled.
+SIM_DV_SOCKSER_O=""
+case ${host} in
+  *mingw*) ;;
+  *) SIM_DV_SOCKSER_O="dv-sockser.o"
+     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(
+       [HAVE_DV_SOCKSER], 1, [Define if dv-sockser is usable.])
+     ;;
+esac
+AC_SUBST(SIM_DV_SOCKSER_O)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(sim-hardware,
 [  --enable-sim-hardware=LIST		Specify the hardware to be included in the build.],
 [
@@ -647,16 +659,6 @@ else
       *) sim_hw="$sim_hw $i" ; sim_hw_objs="$sim_hw_objs dv-$i.o";;
     esac
   done
-  # mingw does not support sockser
-  SIM_DV_SOCKSER_O=""
-  case ${host} in
-    *mingw*) ;;
-    *) SIM_DV_SOCKSER_O="dv-sockser.o"
-       AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(
-         [HAVE_DV_SOCKSER], 1, [Define if dv-sockser is usable.])
-       ;;
-  esac
-  AC_SUBST(SIM_DV_SOCKSER_O)
 fi
 if test x"$silent" != x"yes" && test "$sim_hw_p" = "yes"; then
   echo "Setting hardware to $sim_hw_cflags, $sim_hw, $sim_hw_objs"