diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a531c71928..4fb9571b8a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1249,10 +1249,12 @@ add_subdirectory(arangod)
 
 if (USE_GOOGLE_TESTS)
   add_subdirectory(tests)
-endif()
+endif ()
 
 add_dependencies(arangobench   zlibstatic)
-add_dependencies(arangobackup  zlibstatic)
+if (USE_ENTERPRISE)
+  add_dependencies(arangobackup  zlibstatic)
+endif ()
 add_dependencies(arangod       zlibstatic)
 add_dependencies(arangodump    zlibstatic)
 add_dependencies(arangoexport  zlibstatic)
@@ -1260,21 +1262,26 @@ add_dependencies(arangoimport  zlibstatic)
 add_dependencies(arangorestore zlibstatic)
 add_dependencies(arangosh      zlibstatic)
 
-if(UNIX)
+if (UNIX)
   add_dependencies(arangobench   man)
-  add_dependencies(arangobackup  man)
+  if (USE_ENTERPRISE)
+    add_dependencies(arangobackup  man)
+  endif ()
   add_dependencies(arangod       man)
   add_dependencies(arangodump    man)
   add_dependencies(arangoexport  man)
   add_dependencies(arangoimport  man)
   add_dependencies(arangorestore man)
   add_dependencies(arangosh      man)
-endif()
+endif ()
 
 if (NOT USE_PRECOMPILED_V8)
   # all binaries depend on v8_build because it contains ICU as well
   add_dependencies(arangobench   v8_build)
-  add_dependencies(arangobackup  v8_build)
+
+  if (USE_ENTERPRISE)
+    add_dependencies(arangobackup  v8_build)
+  endif ()
   add_dependencies(arangod       v8_build)
   add_dependencies(arangodump    v8_build)
   add_dependencies(arangoexport  v8_build)
@@ -1283,7 +1290,7 @@ if (NOT USE_PRECOMPILED_V8)
   add_dependencies(arangosh      v8_build)
   if (USE_GOOGLE_TESTS)
     add_dependencies(arangodbtests v8_build)
-  endif()
+  endif ()
 endif ()
 
 add_custom_target(packages
@@ -1296,11 +1303,11 @@ add_custom_target(copy_packages
 
 add_custom_target(clean_packages
   DEPENDS ${CLEAN_PACKAGES_LIST}
-  )
+)
 
 add_custom_target(clean_autogenerated_files
   DEPENDS ${CLEAN_AUTOGENERATED_FILES}
-  )
+)
 
 message(STATUS "building for git revision: ${ARANGODB_BUILD_REPOSITORY}")
 
diff --git a/arangosh/CMakeLists.txt b/arangosh/CMakeLists.txt
index 620c3ce37f..4ca388941e 100644
--- a/arangosh/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/arangosh/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ endif()
 ## arangobackup
 ################################################################################
 
+if (USE_ENTERPRISE)
+
 if (MSVC AND NOT(SKIP_PACKAGING))
   generate_product_version(ProductVersionFiles_arangobackup
     NAME arangobackup
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@ if (DARWIN)
   target_compile_options(arangobackup PRIVATE -Werror)
 endif()
 
+endif () # USE_ENTERPRISE
+
 ################################################################################
 ## arangodump
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js
index 4302894dbb..4ae770b153 100755
--- a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js
+++ b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js
@@ -250,14 +250,22 @@ function setupBinaries (builddir, buildType, configDir) {
   LOGS_DIR = fs.join(TOP_DIR, 'logs');
 
   let checkFiles = [
-    ARANGOBACKUP_BIN,
     ARANGOBENCH_BIN,
     ARANGODUMP_BIN,
     ARANGOD_BIN,
     ARANGOIMPORT_BIN,
     ARANGORESTORE_BIN,
     ARANGOEXPORT_BIN,
-    ARANGOSH_BIN];
+    ARANGOSH_BIN
+  ];
+  
+  if (global.ARANGODB_CLIENT_VERSION) {
+    let version = global.ARANGODB_CLIENT_VERSION(true);
+    if (version.hasOwnProperty('enterprise-version')) {
+      checkFiles.push(ARANGOBACKUP_BIN);
+    }
+  }
+
   for (let b = 0; b < checkFiles.length; ++b) {
     if (!fs.isFile(checkFiles[b])) {
       throw new Error('unable to locate ' + checkFiles[b]);