diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
index 5f21a839d..9410e3ae9 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_ABS_DIR)/lib/librte_bus_pci.*))
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_bus_pci
 endif
 
+# DPDK 20.05 eal dependency
+ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_ABS_DIR)/lib/librte_telemetry.*))
+DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_telemetry
+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
 # ones after that.
diff --git a/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk b/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk
index 06725aba8..eb04a71a3 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_power.*))
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += -lrte_power
 endif
 
+ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_telemetry.*))
+DPDK_LIB_LIST += -lrte_telemetry
+endif
+
 NVMECLI_SPDK_LIBS = -lspdk_log -lspdk_sock -lspdk_nvme -lspdk_env_dpdk -lspdk_util -lspdk_jsonrpc -lspdk_json -lspdk_rpc
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RDMA),y)