diff --git a/app/spdk_tgt/Makefile b/app/spdk_tgt/Makefile
index ad7e03e38..cfb1bb3ad 100644
--- a/app/spdk_tgt/Makefile
+++ b/app/spdk_tgt/Makefile
@@ -40,17 +40,20 @@ APP = spdk_tgt
 
 C_SRCS := spdk_tgt.c
 
-SPDK_LIB_LIST = event_bdev event_copy event_iscsi event_net event_scsi event_nvmf event
+SPDK_LIB_LIST =
+
+ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_VHOST),y)
+SPDK_LIB_LIST += vhost rte_vhost event_vhost
+endif
+endif
+
+SPDK_LIB_LIST += event_bdev event_copy event_iscsi event_net event_scsi event_nvmf event
 SPDK_LIB_LIST += nvmf trace log conf thread util bdev iscsi scsi copy rpc jsonrpc json
 SPDK_LIB_LIST += app_rpc log_rpc bdev_rpc net
 
 ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
 SPDK_LIB_LIST += event_nbd nbd
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_VHOST),y)
-SPDK_LIB_LIST += vhost rte_vhost event_vhost
-endif
-
 endif
 
 LIBS += $(BLOCKDEV_MODULES_LINKER_ARGS) \
diff --git a/app/vhost/Makefile b/app/vhost/Makefile
index ef75e5e31..51437ac2e 100644
--- a/app/vhost/Makefile
+++ b/app/vhost/Makefile
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ APP = vhost
 
 C_SRCS := vhost.c
 
-SPDK_LIB_LIST = event_bdev event_copy event_net event_scsi event_vhost event
+SPDK_LIB_LIST = vhost rte_vhost event_vhost
+SPDK_LIB_LIST += event_bdev event_copy event_net event_scsi event
 SPDK_LIB_LIST += jsonrpc json rpc bdev_rpc bdev scsi copy trace conf
 SPDK_LIB_LIST += thread util log log_rpc app_rpc
-SPDK_LIB_LIST += vhost rte_vhost event_nbd nbd net
+SPDK_LIB_LIST += event_nbd nbd net
 
 LIBS += $(BLOCKDEV_MODULES_LINKER_ARGS) \
 	$(COPY_MODULES_LINKER_ARGS) \