diff --git a/sinks/gangliaSink.go b/sinks/gangliaSink.go
index c53b11a..4a57d20 100644
--- a/sinks/gangliaSink.go
+++ b/sinks/gangliaSink.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build ganglia
+
 package sinks
 
 import (
diff --git a/sinks/gangliaSink_disabled.go b/sinks/gangliaSink_disabled.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84156d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sinks/gangliaSink_disabled.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//go:build !ganglia
+
+package sinks
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+
+	//	"time"
+
+	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/internal/ccMetric"
+)
+
+type GangliaSink struct {
+	sink
+}
+
+func (s *GangliaSink) Init(config json.RawMessage) error {
+	return errors.New("sink 'ganglia' not implemented, rebuild with tag 'ganglia'")
+}
+
+func (s *GangliaSink) Write(point lp.CCMetric) error {
+	return errors.New("sink 'ganglia' not implemented, rebuild with tag 'ganglia'")
+}
+
+func (s *GangliaSink) Flush() error {
+	return errors.New("sink 'ganglia' not implemented, rebuild with tag 'ganglia'")
+}
+
+func (s *GangliaSink) Close() {
+}
diff --git a/sinks/libgangliaSink.go b/sinks/libgangliaSink.go
index f3490c6..7e03494 100644
--- a/sinks/libgangliaSink.go
+++ b/sinks/libgangliaSink.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build ganglia
+
 package sinks
 
 /*
diff --git a/sinks/libgangliaSink_disabled.go b/sinks/libgangliaSink_disabled.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87ee75c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sinks/libgangliaSink_disabled.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//go:build !ganglia
+
+package sinks
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+
+	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/internal/ccMetric"
+)
+
+type LibgangliaSink struct {
+	sink
+}
+
+func (s *LibgangliaSink) Init(config json.RawMessage) error {
+	return errors.New("sink 'libganglia' not implemented, rebuild with tag 'ganglia'")
+}
+
+func (s *LibgangliaSink) Write(point lp.CCMetric) error {
+	return errors.New("sink 'libganglia' not implemented, rebuild with tag 'ganglia'")
+}
+
+func (s *LibgangliaSink) Flush() error {
+	return errors.New("sink 'ganglia' not implemented, rebuild with tag 'ganglia'")
+}
+
+func (s *LibgangliaSink) Close() {
+}