diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libbpf/libbpf_0.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libbpf/libbpf_0.3.bb
index 8b548d0b58..57e8376b5e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libbpf/libbpf_0.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libbpf/libbpf_0.3.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://../LICENSE.LPGL-2.1;md5=b370887980db5dd40659b50909238
 
 DEPENDS = "zlib elfutils"
 
+do_compile[depends] += "virtual/kernel:do_shared_workdir"
+
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libbpf/libbpf.git;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "051a4009f94d5633a8f734ca4235f0a78ee90469"