diff --git a/lib/event/subsystems/bdev/bdev.c b/lib/event/subsystems/bdev/bdev.c
index cafa4554a..078c691a6 100644
--- a/lib/event/subsystems/bdev/bdev.c
+++ b/lib/event/subsystems/bdev/bdev.c
@@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ static struct spdk_subsystem g_spdk_subsystem_bdev = {
 
 SPDK_SUBSYSTEM_REGISTER(g_spdk_subsystem_bdev);
 SPDK_SUBSYSTEM_DEPEND(bdev, copy)
+SPDK_SUBSYSTEM_DEPEND(bdev, vmd)