diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
index ad9cd2434..b631377c4 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(LINK_HASH),y)
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_hash
+ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_ABS_DIR)/lib/librte_rcu.*))
+DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_rcu
+endif
 endif
 
 DPDK_SHARED_LIB = $(DPDK_LIB_LIST:%=$(DPDK_ABS_DIR)/lib/lib%.so)
diff --git a/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile b/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile
index 0bb913189..90265db90 100644
--- a/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile
+++ b/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 DPDK_LIB = -lrte_eal -lrte_mempool -lrte_ring -lrte_mbuf -lrte_mempool_ring -lrte_pci
 DPDK_LIB += -lrte_bus_pci -lrte_kvargs -lrte_vhost -lrte_net -lrte_hash -lrte_telemetry
-DPDK_LIB += -lrte_cryptodev -lrte_power
+DPDK_LIB += -lrte_cryptodev -lrte_power -lrte_rcu
 
 # Shows how to compile both an external bdev and an external application against the SPDK combined shared object and dpdk shared objects.
 bdev_shared_combo: