diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.useractions/plugin.xml b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.useractions/plugin.xml
index 26d0db057cd..eb0d85ad196 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.useractions/plugin.xml
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.useractions/plugin.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@
            <dynamic class="org.eclipse.rse.useractions.ui.compile.SystemDynamicCompileMenu"
                      id="org.eclipse.ui.rse.ui.views.dynamiccompilemenu">
            </dynamic>
+           <visibleWhen>
+               <with
+                     variable="activeMenuSelection">
+                  <iterate>
+                     <adapt
+                           type="org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core.subsystems.IRemoteFile">
+                     </adapt>
+                  </iterate>
+               </with>
+            </visibleWhen>
         </menu>
       	<menu id="org.eclipse.rse.ui.useractions.useraction.menu"
               label="%DynamicLabel.UserActionNode"
@@ -54,6 +64,16 @@
            <dynamic class="org.eclipse.rse.useractions.ui.uda.SystemDynamicUserActionMenu"
                     id="org.eclipse.ui.rse.ui.views.dynamicuseractionmenu">
            </dynamic>
+           <visibleWhen>
+               <with
+                     variable="activeMenuSelection">
+                  <iterate>
+                     <adapt
+                           type="org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core.subsystems.IRemoteFile">
+                     </adapt>
+                  </iterate>
+               </with>
+            </visibleWhen>
         </menu>
      </menuContribution>
      </extension>