diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
index 13acf8407..fa942f01d 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
@@ -38,9 +38,15 @@ DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_telemetry rte_kvargs
 DPDK_POWER=n
 
 ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
+# Despite rte_power was added DPDK 1.6,
+# some DPDK packages do not include it. See #2534.
+ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_power.*))
 DPDK_POWER=y
+# Since DPDK 21.02 rte_power depends on rte_ethdev that
+# in turn depends on rte_net.
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_power rte_ethdev rte_net
 endif
+endif
 
 # There are some complex dependencies when using crypto, reduce or both so
 # here we add the feature specific ones and set a flag to add the common
diff --git a/module/scheduler/Makefile b/module/scheduler/Makefile
index 2e2f8f8cd..83f48c905 100644
--- a/module/scheduler/Makefile
+++ b/module/scheduler/Makefile
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
 DIRS-y = dynamic
 
-# Do not compile schedulers and governors based on DPDK env
-# if non-DPDK env is used.
+# When DPDK rte_power is missing, do not compile schedulers
+# and governors based on it.
 ifeq (y,$(DPDK_POWER))
 DIRS-y += dpdk_governor gscheduler
+else
+$(warning Skipping building dpdk_governor and gscheduler, due to missing rte_power)
 endif
 
 .PHONY: all clean $(DIRS-y)