diff --git a/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile b/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile
index be17800fd..4e5de3ebd 100644
--- a/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile
+++ b/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ PKG_CONFIG_PATH = $(SPDK_LIB_DIR)/pkgconfig
 
 DPDK_LIB := $(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" pkg-config --libs spdk_env_dpdk)
 SPDK_BDEV_LIB := $(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" pkg-config --libs spdk_event_bdev)
+SPDK_DPDK_LIB := $(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" pkg-config --libs spdk_event_bdev spdk_env_dpdk)
 SYS_LIB := $(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" pkg-config --libs --static spdk_syslibs)
 
 # Shows how to compile both an external bdev and an external application against the SPDK combined shared object and dpdk shared objects.
@@ -59,10 +60,10 @@ alone_shared_iso:
 
 # Shows how to compile an external application against the SPDK archives.
 alone_static:
-	$(CC) $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -o hello_bdev ./hello_bdev.c -pthread -Wl,--whole-archive,-Bstatic $(SPDK_BDEV_LIB) \
-	$(DPDK_LIB) -Wl,--no-whole-archive,-Bdynamic $(SYS_LIB)
+	$(CC) $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -o hello_bdev ./hello_bdev.c -pthread -Wl,--whole-archive,-Bstatic \
+	$(SPDK_DPDK_LIB) -Wl,--no-whole-archive,-Bdynamic $(SYS_LIB)
 
 # Shows how to compile and external bdev and application sgainst the SPDK archives.
 bdev_static:
-	$(CC) $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -L../passthru -o hello_bdev ./hello_bdev.c -pthread -Wl,--whole-archive,-Bstatic -lpassthru_external $(SPDK_BDEV_LIB) $(DPDK_LIB) \
+	$(CC) $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -L../passthru -o hello_bdev ./hello_bdev.c -pthread -Wl,--whole-archive,-Bstatic -lpassthru_external $(SPDK_DPDK_LIB) \
 	-Wl,--no-whole-archive,-Bdynamic $(SYS_LIB)