diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index 392bdf0..dda530a 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (strcmp(firstword, "mapping") == 0) {
-#if 0
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_MAPPING
 			currmap = xmalloc(sizeof(mapping_defn));
 			currmap->max_matches = 0;
 			currmap->n_matches = 0;