diff --git a/vswitchd/automake.mk b/vswitchd/automake.mk
index be23f8b9c..6d996443e 100644
--- a/vswitchd/automake.mk
+++ b/vswitchd/automake.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ vswitchd_ovs_vswitchd_LDADD = \
 	ofproto/libofproto.la \
 	p4rt/libp4rt.la \
 	lib/libsflow.la \
-	lib/libopenvswitch.la
+	lib/libopenvswitch.la \
+        -lpi_rpc
 vswitchd_ovs_vswitchd_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(DPDK_vswitchd_LDFLAGS)
 MAN_ROOTS += vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in