diff --git a/utils/compress/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/compress/CMakeLists.txt
index 16bb503b5..11ed9f573 100644
--- a/utils/compress/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/compress/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ set(compress_LIB_SRCS
 add_definitions(-DNDEBUG)
 
 add_library(compress SHARED ${compress_LIB_SRCS})
+add_dependencies(compress loggingcpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(compress ${SNAPPY_LIBRARIES})
 IF(HAVE_LZ4)