diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/odp-dpdk/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/odp-dpdk/default.nix
index 333153e65d4c..b6f27c5b3c24 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/odp-dpdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/odp-dpdk/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkg-config
 , dpdk, libbpf, libconfig, libpcap, numactl, openssl, zlib, libbsd, libelf, jansson
+, libnl
 }: let
   dpdk_19_11 = dpdk.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
     version = "19.11.12";
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libelf
     jansson
     libbpf
+    libnl
   ];
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [