diff --git a/lib/rocksdb/spdk.rocksdb.mk b/lib/rocksdb/spdk.rocksdb.mk
index 7fd743ad3..0ddbd0b3e 100644
--- a/lib/rocksdb/spdk.rocksdb.mk
+++ b/lib/rocksdb/spdk.rocksdb.mk
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ CXXFLAGS += -fno-sanitize=address
 endif
 
 SPDK_LIB_LIST = $(ALL_MODULES_LIST)
-SPDK_LIB_LIST += event_bdev event_copy
+SPDK_LIB_LIST += event_bdev event_copy event_vmd
 SPDK_LIB_LIST += bdev copy event util conf trace log jsonrpc json rpc sock thread notify
 
 AM_LINK += $(SPDK_LIB_LINKER_ARGS) $(ENV_LINKER_ARGS)