diff --git a/db/c.cc b/db/c.cc
index fbf2c4ef05f1f432c32fe2413a1fbdfe2d3e8c25..71c5f542cf9fe6eb2358f87468940fdb7706ae0a 100644
--- a/db/c.cc
+++ b/db/c.cc
@@ -2435,4 +2435,4 @@ extern void rocksdb_livefiles_destroy(
 
 }  // end extern "C"
 
-#endif  // ROCKSDB_LITE
+#endif  // !ROCKSDB_LITE
diff --git a/db/c_test.c b/db/c_test.c
index 2669b03adbfbd2aafcc3b148bdda285244b21581..978b6174c93782c028782ab9fef8bd46a728332e 100644
--- a/db/c_test.c
+++ b/db/c_test.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
    Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
    found in the LICENSE file. See the AUTHORS file for names of contributors. */
 
+#ifndef ROCKSDB_LITE  // Lite does not support C API
+
 #include "rocksdb/c.h"
 
 #include <stddef.h>
@@ -1007,3 +1009,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   fprintf(stderr, "PASS\n");
   return 0;
 }
+
+#else
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main() {
+  fprintf(stderr, "SKIPPED\n");
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#endif  // !ROCKSDB_LITE