diff --git a/dpdkbuild/Makefile b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
index fa3351703..dea01af39 100644
--- a/dpdkbuild/Makefile
+++ b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ CRYPTO_ENABLED = y
 DPDK_OPTS += CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_AESNI_MB=y
 DPDK_OPTS += CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV=y
 DPDK_OPTS += CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REORDER=y
-DPDK_OPTS += CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT=n
+DPDK_OPTS += CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT=y
 endif
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
index a9e2878ea..2a8310e36 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_bus_pci
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CRYPTO),y)
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_cryptodev rte_reorder rte_bus_vdev rte_pmd_aesni_mb rte_mbuf
+DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_cryptodev rte_reorder rte_bus_vdev rte_pmd_aesni_mb rte_pmd_qat rte_mbuf
 endif
 
 ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_ABS_DIR)/lib/librte_kvargs.*))