diff --git a/build_scripts/build_spdk.sh b/build_scripts/build_spdk.sh
index 4c14897..e9366c0 100755
--- a/build_scripts/build_spdk.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/build_spdk.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=(
     "--without-fuse"
     "--disable-unit-tests"
     "--disable-tests"
+    "--with-rdma"
 )
 
 MAKE_DEFAULT_ARGS="-j"                              # Default args for invoking GNU make
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/libspdk/default.nix b/nix/pkgs/libspdk/default.nix
index 0836ee6..f036030 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/libspdk/default.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/libspdk/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 , udev
 , utillinux
 , zlib
+, rdma-core
 }:
 let
   # Suffix for debug build name.
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ let
       ncurses
       numactl
       openssl
+      rdma-core
       (python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ pyelftools ]))
       zlib
     ] ++ extraBuildInputs;