diff --git a/testsuite/tools/Makefile b/testsuite/tools/Makefile
index c936af71..7d53d226 100644
--- a/testsuite/tools/Makefile
+++ b/testsuite/tools/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 include ../../config.mk
 
 generate_nlmsg: generate_nlmsg.c ../../lib/libnetlink.c
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -I../../include -include../../include/uapi/linux/netlink.h -o $@ $^
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -I../../include -include../../include/uapi/linux/netlink.h -o $@ $^ -lmnl
 
 clean:
 	rm -f generate_nlmsg