diff --git a/CONFIG b/CONFIG
index 5f552fe81d..d5e05a654c 100644
--- a/CONFIG
+++ b/CONFIG
@@ -195,3 +195,6 @@ CONFIG_USDT=n
 # Build with IDXD kernel support.
 # In this mode, SPDK shares the DSA device with the kernel.
 CONFIG_IDXD_KERNEL=n
+
+# Is DPDK using libbsd?
+CONFIG_HAVE_LIBBSD=n
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b8be360ae2..14164d418e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 				CONFIG[DPDK_LIB_DIR]=$dpdk_libdir
 				CONFIG[DPDK_INC_DIR]=$dpdk_incdir
 				CONFIG[DPDK_PKG_CONFIG]=y
+				if pkg-config --print-requires libdpdk | grep "libbsd" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+					CONFIG[HAVE_LIBBSD]=y
+				fi
 				CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:+$CFLAGS }$(pkg-config --cflags libdpdk)"
 			else
 				echo "libdpdk.pc not found, aborting"
@@ -341,9 +344,18 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 					echo "ERROR: do you have another DPDK installed in the system?"
 					exit 1
 				fi
-
+				dpdk_reqs=$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --print-requires libdpdk)
+				if echo $dpdk_reqs | grep "libbsd" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+					CONFIG[HAVE_LIBBSD]=y
+				fi
 				CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:+$CFLAGS }$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --cflags libdpdk)"
 				dpdk_incdir=$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --variable=includedir libdpdk)
+			else
+				echo "Using $dpdk_incdir/rte_build_config.h for additional libs..."
+
+				if grep -F "define RTE_USE_LIBBSD 1" $dpdk_incdir/rte_build_config.h > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+					CONFIG[HAVE_LIBBSD]=y
+				fi
 			fi
 			echo "DPDK libraries: $dpdk_libdir"
 			echo "DPDK includes: $dpdk_incdir"
diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
index 66a42ab05c..88ae22094a 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_IPSEC_MB),y)
 DPDK_PRIVATE_LINKER_ARGS += -lIPSec_MB -L$(IPSEC_MB_DIR)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_LIBBSD),y)
+DPDK_PRIVATE_LINKER_ARGS += -lbsd
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_REDUCE),y)
 DPDK_PRIVATE_LINKER_ARGS += -lisal -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_REDUCE_MLX5),y)
diff --git a/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk b/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk
index dbde972bda..6c10b3dfca 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ override LDFLAGS += \
 	-Wl,--no-whole-archive \
 	-ldl -pthread -lrt -lrdmacm -lnuma -libverbs
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_LIBBSD),y)
+override LDFLAGS += -lbsd
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL), y)
 ISAL_DIR=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/isa-l
 override LDFLAGS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -lisal