diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b971b7c..749e7322 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ The git repositories are hosted at the following sites:
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Changed BACFILE define dependencies to reflect bacfile-posix.c dependence
+  since bacfile.c is now independent of any back end file system. (#1227)
 * Changed the default BACnet protocol revision to 28 to enable usage of
   special lighting output values. (#1211)
 * Changed bacnet_strtof and bacnet_strtold functions to use strtod to
diff --git a/src/bacnet/basic/sys/bramfs.c b/src/bacnet/basic/sys/bramfs.c
index 538bc75c..81efb1ea 100644
--- a/src/bacnet/basic/sys/bramfs.c
+++ b/src/bacnet/basic/sys/bramfs.c
@@ -446,13 +446,11 @@ void bacfile_ramfs_deinit(void)
  */
 void bacfile_ramfs_init(void)
 {
-#if defined(BACFILE)
     bacfile_write_stream_data_callback_set(bacfile_ramfs_write_stream_data);
     bacfile_read_stream_data_callback_set(bacfile_ramfs_read_stream_data);
     bacfile_write_record_data_callback_set(bacfile_ramfs_write_record_data);
     bacfile_read_record_data_callback_set(bacfile_ramfs_read_record_data);
     bacfile_file_size_callback_set(bacfile_ramfs_file_size);
     bacfile_file_size_set_callback_set(bacfile_ramfs_file_size_set);
-#endif
     File_List = Keylist_Create();
 }
diff --git a/src/bacnet/basic/sys/bsramfs.c b/src/bacnet/basic/sys/bsramfs.c
index 4ca18865..5750c4ce 100644
--- a/src/bacnet/basic/sys/bsramfs.c
+++ b/src/bacnet/basic/sys/bsramfs.c
@@ -203,9 +203,7 @@ bool bacfile_sramfs_read_record_data(
  */
 void bacfile_sramfs_init(void)
 {
-#if defined(BACFILE)
     bacfile_read_stream_data_callback_set(bacfile_sramfs_read_stream_data);
     bacfile_read_record_data_callback_set(bacfile_sramfs_read_record_data);
     bacfile_file_size_callback_set(bacfile_sramfs_file_size);
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/test/bacnet/basic/object/test/bacfile_mock.c b/test/bacnet/basic/object/test/bacfile_mock.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e65015ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bacnet/basic/object/test/bacfile_mock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief mock file object functions
+ * @author Steve Karg <skarg@users.sourceforge.net>
+ * @date February 2026
+ *
+ * @copyright SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+#include <zephyr/ztest.h>
+#include <bacnet/bactext.h>
+#include <bacnet/basic/object/bacfile.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief Sets the callback function for writing stream data
+ * @param callback - function pointer to the callback
+ */
+void bacfile_write_stream_data_callback_set(
+    size_t (*callback)(const char *, int32_t, const uint8_t *, size_t))
+{
+    (void)callback;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Sets the callback function for writing record data
+ * @param callback - function pointer to the callback
+ */
+void bacfile_write_record_data_callback_set(
+    bool (*callback)(const char *, int32_t, size_t, const uint8_t *, size_t))
+{
+    (void)callback;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Sets the callback function for reading record data
+ * @param callback - function pointer to the callback
+ */
+void bacfile_read_record_data_callback_set(
+    bool (*callback)(const char *, int32_t, size_t, uint8_t *, size_t))
+{
+    (void)callback;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Sets the callback function for reading stream data
+ * @param callback - function pointer to the callback
+ */
+void bacfile_read_stream_data_callback_set(
+    size_t (*callback)(const char *, int32_t, uint8_t *, size_t))
+{
+    (void)callback;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Sets the callback function for getting file size
+ * @param callback - function pointer to the callback
+ */
+void bacfile_file_size_callback_set(size_t (*callback)(const char *))
+{
+    (void)callback;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Sets the callback function for setting file size
+ * @param callback - function pointer to the callback
+ */
+void bacfile_file_size_set_callback_set(bool (*callback)(const char *, size_t))
+{
+    (void)callback;
+}
diff --git a/test/bacnet/basic/sys/bramfs/CMakeLists.txt b/test/bacnet/basic/sys/bramfs/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d5fce5e..c01fac5a 100644
--- a/test/bacnet/basic/sys/bramfs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/bacnet/basic/sys/bramfs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ add_compile_definitions(
 include_directories(
     ${SRC_DIR}
     ${TST_DIR}/ztest/include
+    ${TST_DIR}/bacnet/basic/object/test
     )
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
     # Support files and stubs (pathname alphabetical)
     # Test and test library files
     ./src/main.c
+    ${TST_DIR}/bacnet/basic/object/test/bacfile_mock.c
     ${ZTST_DIR}/ztest_mock.c
     ${ZTST_DIR}/ztest.c
     )
diff --git a/test/bacnet/basic/sys/bsramfs/CMakeLists.txt b/test/bacnet/basic/sys/bsramfs/CMakeLists.txt
index f108e327..6188a0f7 100644
--- a/test/bacnet/basic/sys/bsramfs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/bacnet/basic/sys/bsramfs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ add_compile_definitions(
 include_directories(
     ${SRC_DIR}
     ${TST_DIR}/ztest/include
+    ${TST_DIR}/bacnet/basic/object/test
     )
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
     # Support files and stubs (pathname alphabetical)
     # Test and test library files
     ./src/main.c
+    ${TST_DIR}/bacnet/basic/object/test/bacfile_mock.c
     ${ZTST_DIR}/ztest_mock.c
     ${ZTST_DIR}/ztest.c
     )