diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 50a8e9b3..a084866d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -284,6 +284,13 @@ jobs:
       env:
         CC: ${{ steps.install_cc.outputs.cc }}
       run: |
+            . .ci/common.sh
+            export LATEST_RELEASE=$(download_with_headers "https://api.github.com/repos/sysprog21/rv32emu-prebuilt/releases" \
+                                                          "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+                                           | grep '"tag_name"' \
+                                           | grep "sail" \
+                                           | head -n 1 \
+                                           | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": "([^"]+)".*/\1/')
             .ci/riscv-tests.sh
       if: ${{ always() }}
 
@@ -341,7 +348,11 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: install-dependencies
        run: |
-             brew install make dtc expect sdl2 sdl2_mixer bc e2fsprogs p7zip llvm@18 dcfldd
+             brew install make dtc expect sdl2 bc e2fsprogs p7zip llvm@18 dcfldd
+             brew install sdl2_mixer || {
+               echo "Warning: sdl2_mixer installation failed, continuing without SDL_MIXER support"
+               echo "ENABLE_SDL_MIXER=0" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+             }
              .ci/riscv-toolchain-install.sh
              echo "${{ github.workspace }}/toolchain/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
              echo "$(brew --prefix llvm@18)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
@@ -489,6 +500,13 @@ jobs:
        env:
          CC: ${{ steps.install_cc.outputs.cc }}
        run: |
+             . .ci/common.sh
+             export LATEST_RELEASE=$(download_with_headers "https://api.github.com/repos/sysprog21/rv32emu-prebuilt/releases" \
+                                                           "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+                                            | grep '"tag_name"' \
+                                            | grep "sail" \
+                                            | head -n 1 \
+                                            | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": "([^"]+)".*/\1/')
              python3 -m venv venv
              . venv/bin/activate
              .ci/riscv-tests.sh
@@ -525,8 +543,12 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt-get install -q=2 clang-18 clang-tools-18
       shell: bash
     - name: run scan-build without JIT
+      env:
+        LATEST_RELEASE: dummy
       run: make distclean && scan-build-18 -v -o ~/scan-build --status-bugs --use-cc=clang-18 --force-analyze-debug-code --show-description -analyzer-config stable-report-filename=true -enable-checker valist,nullability make ENABLE_EXT_F=0 ENABLE_SDL=0 ENABLE_JIT=0
     - name: run scan-build with JIT
+      env:
+        LATEST_RELEASE: dummy
       run: |
           make ENABLE_JIT=1 distclean && scan-build-18 -v -o ~/scan-build --status-bugs --use-cc=clang-18 --force-analyze-debug-code --show-description -analyzer-config stable-report-filename=true -enable-checker valist,nullability make ENABLE_EXT_F=0 ENABLE_SDL=0 ENABLE_JIT=1
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e3eae877..a81a4125 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 include mk/common.mk
 include mk/toolchain.mk
 
+# Verify GNU make version (3.81+ required)
+ifeq ($(filter 3.81 3.82 3.83 3.84 4.% 5.%,$(MAKE_VERSION)),)
+$(error GNU make 3.81 or higher is required. Current version: $(MAKE_VERSION))
+endif
+
 OUT ?= build
 BIN := $(OUT)/rv32emu
 
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ endif
 #   Device Tree(initrd, memory range)
 #   src/io.c(memory init)
 #   src/riscv.c(system emulation layout init)
+# Note: These memory settings are for SYSTEM mode only (when ELF_LOADER=0)
 ifeq ($(call has, SYSTEM), 1)
 ifeq ($(call has, ELF_LOADER), 0)
 MiB = 1024*1024
@@ -66,6 +72,7 @@ CFLAGS_dt += -DMEM_START=0x$(MEM_START) \
              -DINITRD_END=0x$(shell echo "obase=16; ibase=16; \
                             $(REAL_MEM_SIZE) - $(call compute_size, $(DTB_SIZE)) - 1" | bc)
 
+# Memory size for SYSTEM mode (may be overridden by FULL4G if ENABLE_ELF_LOADER=1)
 CFLAGS += -DMEM_SIZE=0x$(REAL_MEM_SIZE) -DDTB_SIZE=0x$(REAL_DTB_SIZE) -DINITRD_SIZE=0x$(REAL_INITRD_SIZE)
 endif
 endif
@@ -192,27 +199,58 @@ ENABLE_FULL4G ?= 0
 
 # Experimental SDL oriented system calls
 ENABLE_SDL ?= 1
-ifneq ("$(CC_IS_EMCC)", "1") # note that emcc generates port SDL headers/library, so it does not requires system SDL headers/library
-ifeq ($(call has, SDL), 1)
-ifeq (, $(shell which sdl2-config))
+ENABLE_SDL_MIXER ?= 1
+
+# Step 1: Detect SDL availability
+ifneq ("$(CC_IS_EMCC)", "1")
+# Native build: require sdl2-config for SDL support
+ifeq (, $(shell command -v sdl2-config))
 $(warning No sdl2-config in $$PATH. Check SDL2 installation in advance)
 override ENABLE_SDL := 0
+override ENABLE_SDL_MIXER := 0
 endif
-ifeq (1, $(shell pkg-config --exists SDL2_mixer; echo $$?))
-$(warning No SDL2_mixer lib installed. Check SDL2_mixer installation in advance)
-override ENABLE_SDL := 0
+else
+# Emscripten build: SDL is available via ports, but SDL_MIXER has unfixable warnings
+# The emscripten-ports/SDL2_mixer was archived in Jan 2024 with compilation issues
+override ENABLE_SDL_MIXER := 0
+endif
+
+# Enforce dependency: SDL_MIXER requires SDL
+ifeq ($(ENABLE_SDL), 0)
+override ENABLE_SDL_MIXER := 0
+endif
+
+# Step 2: If SDL is enabled on native builds, check for SDL_MIXER
+ifneq ("$(CC_IS_EMCC)", "1")
+ifeq ($(ENABLE_SDL), 1)
+ifneq (, $(shell command -v pkg-config))
+ifneq (0, $(shell pkg-config --exists SDL2_mixer; echo $$?))
+$(warning No SDL2_mixer lib installed. SDL2_mixer support will be disabled)
+override ENABLE_SDL_MIXER := 0
 endif
+else
+$(warning No pkg-config found. Disabling SDL2_mixer support)
+override ENABLE_SDL_MIXER := 0
 endif
+endif
+endif
+
 $(call set-feature, SDL)
+$(call set-feature, SDL_MIXER)
 ifeq ($(call has, SDL), 1)
 OBJS_EXT += syscall_sdl.o
+ifneq ("$(CC_IS_EMCC)", "1")
 $(OUT)/syscall_sdl.o: CFLAGS += $(shell sdl2-config --cflags)
+endif
 # 4 GiB of memory is required to run video games.
 ENABLE_FULL4G := 1
+ifneq ("$(CC_IS_EMCC)", "1")
 LDFLAGS += $(shell sdl2-config --libs) -pthread
+ifeq ($(call has, SDL_MIXER), 1)
 LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs SDL2_mixer)
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 # If SYSTEM is enabled and ELF_LOADER is not, then skip FULL4G bacause guestOS
 # has dedicated memory mapping range.
@@ -225,7 +263,22 @@ endif
 # Full access to a 4 GiB address space, necessitating more memory mapping
 # during emulator initialization.
 $(call set-feature, FULL4G)
+
+# Configuration validation and conflict detection
+ifeq ($(call has, SDL), 1)
+ifeq ($(call has, SYSTEM), 1)
+ifeq ($(call has, ELF_LOADER), 0)
+ifeq ($(call has, FULL4G), 0)
+    $(warning SDL requires FULL4G=1 but SYSTEM forces FULL4G=0. Set ENABLE_ELF_LOADER=1 or disable SDL/SYSTEM)
+endif
+endif
+endif
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(call has, FULL4G), 1)
+# Note: If both SYSTEM and FULL4G are enabled with ELF_LOADER=1,
+# this MEM_SIZE definition will override the SYSTEM mode definition.
+# This is intentional for ELF loader use cases.
 CFLAGS += -DMEM_SIZE=0xFFFFFFFFULL # 2^{32} - 1
 endif
 
@@ -278,6 +331,8 @@ ifeq ($(call has, JIT), 1)
         else
             $(error No llvm-config-18 installed. Check llvm-config-18 installation in advance, or use "ENABLE_T2C=0" to disable tier-2 LLVM compiler)
         endif
+    else
+        $(warning T2C (tier-2 compiler) is disabled. Using tier-1 JIT only.)
     endif
     ifneq ($(processor),$(filter $(processor),x86_64 aarch64 arm64))
         $(error JIT mode only supports for x64 and arm64 target currently.)
@@ -353,19 +408,31 @@ ifeq ($(call has, GDBSTUB), 1)
 $(OBJS): $(GDBSTUB_LIB)
 endif
 
-$(OUT)/%.o: src/%.c $(deps_emcc)
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
+$(OUT)/%.o: src/%.c $(CONFIG_FILE) $(deps_emcc) | $(OUT)
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
 	$(Q)$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_emcc) -c -MMD -MF $@.d $<
 
-$(BIN): $(OBJS) $(DEV_OBJS)
+$(OUT):
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
+
+$(BIN): $(OBJS) $(DEV_OBJS) | $(OUT)
 	$(VECHO) "  LD\t$@\n"
 	$(Q)$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS_emcc) $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
+$(CONFIG_FILE): FORCE
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $(OUT)
+	$(Q)echo "$(CFLAGS)" | xargs -n1 | sort | sed -n 's/^RV32_FEATURE/ENABLE/p' > $@.tmp
+	$(Q)if ! cmp -s $@ $@.tmp 2>/dev/null; then \
+		mv $@.tmp $@; \
+		$(PRINTF) "Configuration updated. Check $(OUT)/.config for configured items.\n"; \
+	else \
+		$(RM) $@.tmp; \
+	fi
+
+.PHONY: FORCE config
+FORCE:
 config: $(CONFIG_FILE)
-$(CONFIG_FILE):
-	$(Q)echo "$(CFLAGS)" | xargs -n1 | sort | sed -n 's/^RV32_FEATURE/ENABLE/p' > $@
-	$(VECHO) "Check the file $(OUT)/.config for configured items.\n"
 
 # Tools
 include mk/tools.mk
@@ -460,4 +527,7 @@ distclean: clean
 	$(Q)-$(RM) -r $(SOFTFLOAT_DUMMY_PLAT) $(OUT)/softfloat
 	$(Q)$(call notice, [OK])
 
+.PHONY: all config tool check check-hello misalign misalign-in-blk-emu mmu-test
+.PHONY: gdbstub-test doom quake clean distclean artifact
+
 -include $(deps)
diff --git a/mk/external.mk b/mk/external.mk
index 16f9fa44..b4d7f68e 100644
--- a/mk/external.mk
+++ b/mk/external.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ COMPRESSED_IS_DIR :=
 EXTRACTOR :=
 VERIFIER :=
 
-# temporarily files to store correct SHA value and computed SHA value
+# Temporary files to store correct SHA value and computed SHA value
 # respectively for verification of directory source
-$(eval SHA_FILE1 := $(shell mktemp))
-$(eval SHA_FILE2 := $(shell mktemp))
+SHA_FILE1 := $(shell mktemp)
+SHA_FILE2 := $(shell mktemp)
 
 # $(1): compressed source
 define prologue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ endef
 
 # $(1), $(2), $(3): files to be deleted
 define epilogue
-    $(eval _ := $(shell $(RM) $(1) $(2) $(3)))
+    $(RM) $(1) $(2) $(3)
 endef
 
 # $(1): compressed source URL
diff --git a/mk/riscv-arch-test.mk b/mk/riscv-arch-test.mk
index 5ca0941d..941e5009 100644
--- a/mk/riscv-arch-test.mk
+++ b/mk/riscv-arch-test.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 riscof-check:
 	$(Q)if [ "$(shell pip show riscof 2>&1 | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)" = "WARNING:" ]; then \
-	$(PRINTF) "Run 'pip3 install -r requirements.txt to install dependencies.\n"; \
-	exit 1; \
-	fi;
+		$(PRINTF) "Run 'pip3 install -r requirements.txt' to install dependencies.\n"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
 
 ARCH_TEST_DIR ?= tests/riscv-arch-test
 ARCH_TEST_SUITE ?= $(ARCH_TEST_DIR)/riscv-test-suite
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ endif
 			--config=$(RISCV_TARGET)/config.ini \
 			--suite=$(ARCH_TEST_SUITE) \
 			--env=$(ARCH_TEST_DIR)/riscv-test-suite/env
+
+.PHONY: riscof-check arch-test
diff --git a/mk/softfloat.mk b/mk/softfloat.mk
index acc9a9e2..cb82a5e0 100644
--- a/mk/softfloat.mk
+++ b/mk/softfloat.mk
@@ -334,11 +334,13 @@ $(SOFTFLOAT_DUMMY_PLAT):
 	$(Q)touch $@
 
 $(SOFTFLOAT_FILES): $(SOFTFLOAT_SENTINEL)
-$(OUT)/softfloat/%.o: $(SOFTFLOAT_DIR)/%.c $(SOFTFLOAT_SENTINEL) $(SOFTFLOAT_DUMMY_PLAT)
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
+$(OUT)/softfloat/%.o: $(SOFTFLOAT_DIR)/%.c $(CONFIG_FILE) $(SOFTFLOAT_SENTINEL) $(SOFTFLOAT_DUMMY_PLAT) | $(OUT)/softfloat $(OUT)/softfloat/RISCV
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
 	$(Q)$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_softfloat) -c -MMD -MF $@.d $<
 
+$(OUT)/softfloat $(OUT)/softfloat/RISCV:
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
+
 SOFTFLOAT_LIB := $(OUT)/softfloat/softfloat.a
 $(SOFTFLOAT_LIB): $(SOFTFLOAT_OBJS)
 	$(VECHO) "  AR\t$@\n"
diff --git a/mk/system.mk b/mk/system.mk
index 14d73591..6f63fb44 100644
--- a/mk/system.mk
+++ b/mk/system.mk
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ $(BUILD_DTB2C): $(BIN_TO_C) $(BUILD_DTB)
 	$(VECHO) "  BIN2C\t$@\n"
 	$(Q)$(BIN_TO_C) $(BUILD_DTB) > $@
 
-$(DEV_OUT)/%.o: $(DEV_SRC)/%.c $(deps_emcc)
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(DEV_OUT)
+$(DEV_OUT)/%.o: $(DEV_SRC)/%.c $(CONFIG_FILE) $(deps_emcc) | $(DEV_OUT)
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
 	$(Q)$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_emcc) -c -MMD -MF $@.d $<
+
+$(DEV_OUT):
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
+
 DEV_OBJS := $(patsubst $(DEV_SRC)/%.c, $(DEV_OUT)/%.o, $(wildcard $(DEV_SRC)/*.c))
 deps := $(DEV_OBJS:%.o=%.o.d)
 
@@ -46,4 +49,6 @@ system_deps += artifact $(BUILD_DTB) $(BUILD_DTB2C) $(BIN)
 system: $(system_deps)
 	$(system_action)
 
+.PHONY: system
+
 endif
diff --git a/mk/tests.mk b/mk/tests.mk
index 29816e3c..cf89f82a 100644
--- a/mk/tests.mk
+++ b/mk/tests.mk
@@ -85,11 +85,13 @@ $(CACHE_TEST_TARGET): $(CACHE_TEST_OBJS)
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
 	$(Q)$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-$(CACHE_TEST_OUTDIR)/%.o: $(CACHE_TEST_SRCDIR)/%.c
+$(CACHE_TEST_OUTDIR)/%.o: $(CACHE_TEST_SRCDIR)/%.c $(CONFIG_FILE) | $(CACHE_TEST_OUTDIR) $(CACHE_TEST_OUTDIR)/lfu
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)/lfu
 	$(Q)$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) -I./src -c -MMD -MF $@.d $<
 
+$(CACHE_TEST_OUTDIR) $(CACHE_TEST_OUTDIR)/lfu:
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
+
 $(MAP_TEST_OUT): $(MAP_TEST_TARGET)
 	$(Q)touch $@
 
@@ -97,11 +99,13 @@ $(MAP_TEST_TARGET): $(MAP_TEST_OBJS)
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
 	$(Q)$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-$(MAP_TEST_OUTDIR)/%.o: $(MAP_TEST_SRCDIR)/%.c
+$(MAP_TEST_OUTDIR)/%.o: $(MAP_TEST_SRCDIR)/%.c $(CONFIG_FILE) | $(MAP_TEST_OUTDIR)
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(Q)$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) -I./src -c -MMD -MF $@.d $<
 
+$(MAP_TEST_OUTDIR):
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
+
 $(PATH_TEST_OUT): $(PATH_TEST_TARGET)
 	$(Q)touch $@
 
@@ -109,7 +113,11 @@ $(PATH_TEST_TARGET): $(PATH_TEST_OBJS)
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
 	$(Q)$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-$(PATH_TEST_OUTDIR)/%.o: $(PATH_TEST_SRCDIR)/%.c
+$(PATH_TEST_OUTDIR)/%.o: $(PATH_TEST_SRCDIR)/%.c $(CONFIG_FILE) | $(PATH_TEST_OUTDIR)
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(Q)$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) -I./src -c -MMD -MF $@.d $<
+
+$(PATH_TEST_OUTDIR):
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
+
+.PHONY: tests run-test-cache run-test-map run-test-path
diff --git a/mk/tools.mk b/mk/tools.mk
index 0d6a2157..fbef691f 100644
--- a/mk/tools.mk
+++ b/mk/tools.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ HIST_OBJS := \
 HIST_OBJS := $(addprefix $(OUT)/, $(HIST_OBJS))
 deps += $(HIST_OBJS:%.o=%.o.d)
 
-$(OUT)/%.o: tools/%.c
+$(OUT)/%.o: tools/%.c | $(OUT)
 	$(VECHO) "  CC\t$@\n"
 	$(Q)$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Isrc -c -MMD -MF $@.d $<
 
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ LINUX_IMAGE_SRC = $(BUILDROOT_DATA) $(LINUX_DATA)
 build-linux-image: $(LINUX_IMAGE_SRC)
 	$(Q)./tools/build-linux-image.sh
 	$(Q)$(PRINTF) "Build done.\n"
+
+.PHONY: build-linux-image
diff --git a/mk/wasm.mk b/mk/wasm.mk
index 21c0d2d6..1bbfcaaa 100644
--- a/mk/wasm.mk
+++ b/mk/wasm.mk
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ CFLAGS += -mtail-call
 
 # Build emscripten-port SDL
 ifeq ($(call has, SDL), 1)
-CFLAGS_emcc += -sUSE_SDL=2 -sSDL2_MIXER_FORMATS=wav,mid -sUSE_SDL_MIXER=2
+CFLAGS_emcc += -sUSE_SDL=2
 OBJS_EXT += syscall_sdl.o
 LDFLAGS += -pthread
+# SDL_MIXER is disabled by default for emscripten due to archived port with warnings
+ifeq ($(call has, SDL_MIXER), 1)
+# Note: Enabling SDL_MIXER requires -sSTRICT=0 due to unfixable warnings in music_modplug.c
+# The emscripten-ports/SDL2_mixer was archived in Jan 2024
+CFLAGS_emcc += -sSTRICT=0 -sSDL2_MIXER_FORMATS=wav,mid -sUSE_SDL_MIXER=2
+endif
 endif
 
 # More build flags
@@ -159,4 +165,7 @@ start-web: $(start_web_deps)
 	$(foreach T, $(STATIC_WEB_FILES), $(call cp-web-file, $(T)))
 	$(Q)mv $(DEMO_DIR)/*.html $(DEMO_DIR)/index.html
 	$(Q)python3 -m http.server --bind $(DEMO_IP) $(DEMO_PORT) --directory $(DEMO_DIR)
+
+.PHONY: check-demo-dir-exist start-web
+
 endif
diff --git a/src/feature.h b/src/feature.h
index df384ca3..1b63dfe9 100644
--- a/src/feature.h
+++ b/src/feature.h
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@
 #define RV32_FEATURE_SDL 1
 #endif
 
+/* SDL2_mixer audio support (requires SDL) */
+#ifndef RV32_FEATURE_SDL_MIXER
+#define RV32_FEATURE_SDL_MIXER 1
+#endif
+
+/* Enforce dependency: SDL_MIXER requires SDL */
+#if RV32_FEATURE_SDL_MIXER && !RV32_FEATURE_SDL
+#undef RV32_FEATURE_SDL_MIXER
+#define RV32_FEATURE_SDL_MIXER 0
+#endif
+
 /* GDB remote debugging */
 #ifndef RV32_FEATURE_GDBSTUB
 #define RV32_FEATURE_GDBSTUB 0
diff --git a/src/syscall_sdl.c b/src/syscall_sdl.c
index ae95b37f..0fff951e 100644
--- a/src/syscall_sdl.c
+++ b/src/syscall_sdl.c
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <SDL.h>
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
 #include <SDL_mixer.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "riscv.h"
 #include "riscv_private.h"
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ typedef struct sound {
 } sound_t;
 
 /* SDL-mixer-related and music-related variables */
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
 static pthread_t music_thread;
 static uint8_t *music_midi_data;
 static Mix_Music *mid;
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ static int chan;
 static bool audio_init = false;
 static bool sfx_thread_init = false;
 static bool music_thread_init = false;
+#endif
 
 typedef struct {
     void *data;
@@ -718,6 +722,7 @@ uint8_t *mus2midi(uint8_t *data, int *length)
     return midi_data;
 }
 
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
 static void *sfx_handler(void *arg)
 {
     sound_t *sfx = (sound_t *) arg;
@@ -916,7 +921,9 @@ static void set_music_volume(riscv_t *rv)
     /* multiplied by 8 because volume's max is 15 */
     Mix_VolumeMusic(volume * 8);
 }
+#endif /* RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER) */
 
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
 static void init_audio(void)
 {
     if (!(SDL_WasInit(-1) & SDL_INIT_AUDIO)) {
@@ -977,6 +984,7 @@ static void shutdown_audio()
 
     audio_init = sfx_thread_init = music_thread_init = false;
 }
+#endif
 
 void sdl_video_audio_cleanup()
 {
@@ -984,6 +992,8 @@ void sdl_video_audio_cleanup()
         SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
         window = NULL;
     }
+
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
     /*
      * The sfx_or_music_thread_init flag might not be set if a quick ctrl-c
      * occurs while the audio configuration is being initialized. Therefore,
@@ -992,6 +1002,7 @@ void sdl_video_audio_cleanup()
     bool sfx_or_music_thread_init = sfx_thread_init | music_thread_init;
     if (sfx_or_music_thread_init || (!sfx_or_music_thread_init && audio_init))
         shutdown_audio();
+#endif
     SDL_Quit();
 }
 
@@ -1002,10 +1013,14 @@ void syscall_setup_audio(riscv_t *rv)
 
     switch (request) {
     case INIT_AUDIO:
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
         init_audio();
+#endif
         break;
     case SHUTDOWN_AUDIO:
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
         shutdown_audio();
+#endif
         break;
     default:
         rv_log_error("Unknown sound request: %d", request);
@@ -1020,16 +1035,24 @@ void syscall_control_audio(riscv_t *rv)
 
     switch (request) {
     case PLAY_MUSIC:
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
         play_music(rv);
+#endif
         break;
     case PLAY_SFX:
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
         play_sfx(rv);
+#endif
         break;
     case SET_MUSIC_VOLUME:
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
         set_music_volume(rv);
+#endif
         break;
     case STOP_MUSIC:
+#if RV32_HAS(SDL_MIXER)
         stop_music();
+#endif
         break;
     default:
         rv_log_error("Unknown sound control request: %d", request);