diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e454207d0..77bce4ffe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Bugfix
      Philippe Antoine. Fixes #1623.
    * Remove unused headers included in x509.c. Found by Chris Hanson and fixed
      by Brendan Shanks. Part of a fix for #992.
+   * Fix compilation error when MBEDTLS_ARC4_C is disabled and
+     MBEDTLS_CIPHER_NULL_CIPHER is enabled. Found by TrinityTonic in #1719.
 
 Changes
    * Change the shebang line in Perl scripts to look up perl in the PATH.
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/cipher.h b/include/mbedtls/cipher.h
index a1f4738a9..ea0ce983f 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/cipher.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/cipher.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #define MBEDTLS_CIPHER_MODE_WITH_PADDING
 #endif
 
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_ARC4_C)
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_ARC4_C) || defined(MBEDTLS_CIPHER_NULL_CIPHER)
 #define MBEDTLS_CIPHER_MODE_STREAM
 #endif
 
diff --git a/library/cipher.c b/library/cipher.c
index a913913f0..7ae6c4ac5 100644
--- a/library/cipher.c
+++ b/library/cipher.c
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@
 #define mbedtls_free   free
 #endif
 
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_ARC4_C) || defined(MBEDTLS_CIPHER_NULL_CIPHER)
-#define MBEDTLS_CIPHER_MODE_STREAM
-#endif
-
-
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_GCM_C) || defined(MBEDTLS_CHACHAPOLY_C)
 /* Compare the contents of two buffers in constant time.
  * Returns 0 if the contents are bitwise identical, otherwise returns