diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
index b9757c3ba48..32a515728f3 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2018-01-08  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>
+	    Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (OBS): Remove selftest.o.
+	* configure.ac: Set srv_selftest_objs if $development is true.
+	(GDBSERVER_DEPFILES): Append $srv_selftest_objs.
+	* configure: Re-generated.
+	* server.c (captured_main): Wrap variable selftest_filter with
+	GDB_SELF_TEST.
+
 2018-01-07  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
 
 	* server.c (parse_debug_format_options): Return std::string.
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
index caa94a65240..3ce086d70f2 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ OBS = \
 	regcache.o \
 	remote-utils.o \
 	rsp-low.o \
-	selftest.o \
 	server.o \
 	signals.o \
 	signals-state-save-restore.o \
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/configure b/gdb/gdbserver/configure
index 835dcca3144..ca51321c846 100755
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/configure
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/configure
@@ -5815,6 +5815,7 @@ fi
 
 
 if $development; then
+  srv_selftest_objs="selftest.o"
 
 $as_echo "#define GDB_SELF_TEST 1" >>confdefs.h
 
@@ -8287,7 +8288,7 @@ $as_echo "#define USE_XML 1" >>confdefs.h
   done
 fi
 
-GDBSERVER_DEPFILES="$srv_regobj $srv_tgtobj $srv_hostio_err_objs $srv_thread_depfiles $srv_host_obs"
+GDBSERVER_DEPFILES="$srv_regobj $srv_tgtobj $srv_hostio_err_objs $srv_thread_depfiles $srv_host_obs $srv_selftest_objs"
 GDBSERVER_LIBS="$srv_libs"
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether the target supports __sync_*_compare_and_swap" >&5
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/configure.ac b/gdb/gdbserver/configure.ac
index 916384ea621..7ea3654f63a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/configure.ac
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/configure.ac
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ fi
 GDB_AC_LIBMCHECK(${libmcheck_default})
 
 if $development; then
+  srv_selftest_objs="selftest.o"
   AC_DEFINE(GDB_SELF_TEST, 1,
             [Define if self-testing features should be enabled])
 fi
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ if test "$srv_xmlfiles" != ""; then
   done
 fi
 
-GDBSERVER_DEPFILES="$srv_regobj $srv_tgtobj $srv_hostio_err_objs $srv_thread_depfiles $srv_host_obs"
+GDBSERVER_DEPFILES="$srv_regobj $srv_tgtobj $srv_hostio_err_objs $srv_thread_depfiles $srv_host_obs $srv_selftest_objs"
 GDBSERVER_LIBS="$srv_libs"
 
 dnl Check whether the target supports __sync_*_compare_and_swap.
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/server.c b/gdb/gdbserver/server.c
index 665d9aac6f4..9d12ce6f706 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/server.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/server.c
@@ -3559,7 +3559,9 @@ captured_main (int argc, char *argv[])
   volatile int attach = 0;
   int was_running;
   bool selftest = false;
+#if GDB_SELF_TEST
   const char *selftest_filter = NULL;
+#endif
 
   while (*next_arg != NULL && **next_arg == '-')
     {
@@ -3683,7 +3685,9 @@ captured_main (int argc, char *argv[])
       else if (startswith (*next_arg, "--selftest="))
 	{
 	  selftest = true;
+#if GDB_SELF_TEST
 	  selftest_filter = *next_arg + strlen ("--selftest=");
+#endif
 	}
       else
 	{
@@ -3761,7 +3765,11 @@ captured_main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   if (selftest)
     {
+#if GDB_SELF_TEST
       selftests::run_tests (selftest_filter);
+#else
+      printf (_("Selftests are not available in a non-development build.\n"));
+#endif
       throw_quit ("Quit");
     }
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index c1223dbd13a..71424a96d32 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-01-08  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
+
+	* gdb.server/unittest.exp: Match the output in non-development
+	mode.
+
 2018-01-08  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
 
 	* gdb.gdb/unittest.exp: Match output in non-development mode.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/unittest.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/unittest.exp
index 646babcaa5f..e947ff2c30f 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/unittest.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/unittest.exp
@@ -30,12 +30,19 @@ set gdbserver_command "$gdbserver --selftest"
 
 set server_spawn_id [remote_spawn target $gdbserver_command]
 
+set test "unit tests"
 gdb_expect {
     -i $server_spawn_id
-    -re "Ran $decimal unit tests, 0 failed" {
-	pass "unit tests"
+    -re "Ran ($decimal) unit tests, 0 failed" {
+	set num_ran $expect_out(1,string)
+	gdb_assert "$num_ran > 0" $test
     }
+
+    -re "Selftests are not available in a non-development build.\r\n$" {
+	unsupported $test
+    }
+
     default {
-	fail "unit tests"
+	fail $test
     }
 }