diff --git a/chirpstack/Cargo.toml b/chirpstack/Cargo.toml
index 944324d8..14a0d9a1 100644
--- a/chirpstack/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chirpstack/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ gcp_auth = "0.7.2"
 lapin = "2.1.1"
 tokio-executor-trait = "2.1.0"
 tokio-reactor-trait = "1.1.0"
-rdkafka = "0.28.0"
+rdkafka = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["cmake-build"]}
 
 # gRPC and Protobuf
 tonic = "0.7"