diff --git a/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk b/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk
index 329861ea1f..1adfb1b3b6 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ DEPDIRS-env_ocf :=
 DEPDIRS-log :=
 DEPDIRS-rte_vhost :=
 
-DEPDIRS-env_dpdk := log
+DEPDIRS-env_dpdk := log util
 
 DEPDIRS-ioat := log
 DEPDIRS-idxd := log util