diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
index 12b10d199..a4fa95b83 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ENV_LIBS = $(ENV_DPDK_FILE) $(DPDK_LIB)
 ENV_LINKER_ARGS = $(ENV_DPDK_FILE) -Wl,--start-group -Wl,--whole-archive $(DPDK_LIB) -Wl,--end-group -Wl,--no-whole-archive
 
 ifneq (,$(wildcard $(DPDK_INC_DIR)/rte_config.h))
-ifneq (,$(shell grep "define RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA 1" $(DPDK_INC_DIR)/rte_config.h))
+ifneq (,$(shell grep -e "define RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA 1" -e "define RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES 1" $(DPDK_INC_DIR)/rte_config.h))
 ENV_LINKER_ARGS += -lnuma
 endif
 endif