diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cbe4bf2f..919276bb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ GIT_BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)
 GIT_BRANCH_CLEAN := $(shell echo $(GIT_BRANCH) | sed -e "s/[^[:alnum:]]/-/g")
 RUNC_IMAGE := runc_dev$(if $(GIT_BRANCH_CLEAN),:$(GIT_BRANCH_CLEAN))
 PROJECT := github.com/opencontainers/runc
-BUILDTAGS := seccomp
+BUILDTAGS ?= seccomp
 COMMIT_NO := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)
 COMMIT := $(if $(shell git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no),"${COMMIT_NO}-dirty","${COMMIT_NO}")
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/kmem.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/kmem.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8df73777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/kmem.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// +build linux,!nokmem
+
+package fs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"syscall" // for Errno type only
+
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+const cgroupKernelMemoryLimit = "memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes"
+
+func EnableKernelMemoryAccounting(path string) error {
+	// Check if kernel memory is enabled
+	// We have to limit the kernel memory here as it won't be accounted at all
+	// until a limit is set on the cgroup and limit cannot be set once the
+	// cgroup has children, or if there are already tasks in the cgroup.
+	for _, i := range []int64{1, -1} {
+		if err := setKernelMemory(path, i); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func setKernelMemory(path string, kernelMemoryLimit int64) error {
+	if path == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no such directory for %s", cgroupKernelMemoryLimit)
+	}
+	if !cgroups.PathExists(filepath.Join(path, cgroupKernelMemoryLimit)) {
+		// kernel memory is not enabled on the system so we should do nothing
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(path, cgroupKernelMemoryLimit), []byte(strconv.FormatInt(kernelMemoryLimit, 10)), 0700); err != nil {
+		// Check if the error number returned by the syscall is "EBUSY"
+		// The EBUSY signal is returned on attempts to write to the
+		// memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes file if the cgroup has children or
+		// once tasks have been attached to the cgroup
+		if pathErr, ok := err.(*os.PathError); ok {
+			if errNo, ok := pathErr.Err.(syscall.Errno); ok {
+				if errNo == unix.EBUSY {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to set %s, because either tasks have already joined this cgroup or it has children", cgroupKernelMemoryLimit)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %v to %v: %v", kernelMemoryLimit, cgroupKernelMemoryLimit, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/kmem_disabled.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/kmem_disabled.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12253b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/kmem_disabled.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// +build linux,nokmem
+
+package fs
+
+func EnableKernelMemoryAccounting(path string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func setKernelMemory(path string, kernelMemoryLimit int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
index ad395a5d..d5310d56 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
@@ -5,23 +5,18 @@ package fs
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall" // only for Errno
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
-
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 const (
-	cgroupKernelMemoryLimit = "memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes"
-	cgroupMemorySwapLimit   = "memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes"
-	cgroupMemoryLimit       = "memory.limit_in_bytes"
+	cgroupMemorySwapLimit = "memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes"
+	cgroupMemoryLimit     = "memory.limit_in_bytes"
 )
 
 type MemoryGroup struct {
@@ -67,44 +62,6 @@ func (s *MemoryGroup) Apply(d *cgroupData) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func EnableKernelMemoryAccounting(path string) error {
-	// Check if kernel memory is enabled
-	// We have to limit the kernel memory here as it won't be accounted at all
-	// until a limit is set on the cgroup and limit cannot be set once the
-	// cgroup has children, or if there are already tasks in the cgroup.
-	for _, i := range []int64{1, -1} {
-		if err := setKernelMemory(path, i); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func setKernelMemory(path string, kernelMemoryLimit int64) error {
-	if path == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no such directory for %s", cgroupKernelMemoryLimit)
-	}
-	if !cgroups.PathExists(filepath.Join(path, cgroupKernelMemoryLimit)) {
-		// kernel memory is not enabled on the system so we should do nothing
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(path, cgroupKernelMemoryLimit), []byte(strconv.FormatInt(kernelMemoryLimit, 10)), 0700); err != nil {
-		// Check if the error number returned by the syscall is "EBUSY"
-		// The EBUSY signal is returned on attempts to write to the
-		// memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes file if the cgroup has children or
-		// once tasks have been attached to the cgroup
-		if pathErr, ok := err.(*os.PathError); ok {
-			if errNo, ok := pathErr.Err.(syscall.Errno); ok {
-				if errNo == unix.EBUSY {
-					return fmt.Errorf("failed to set %s, because either tasks have already joined this cgroup or it has children", cgroupKernelMemoryLimit)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %v to %v: %v", kernelMemoryLimit, cgroupKernelMemoryLimit, err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func setMemoryAndSwap(path string, cgroup *configs.Cgroup) error {
 	// If the memory update is set to -1 we should also
 	// set swap to -1, it means unlimited memory.