diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sysstat/sysstat_notlinux.go b/plugins/inputs/sysstat/sysstat_notlinux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e97e71e78280c067c301b21ff29f1717deea6fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sysstat/sysstat_notlinux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// +build !linux
+
+package sysstat