diff --git a/src/vcl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/vcl/CMakeLists.txt
index ba19ced..c86f40b 100644
--- a/src/vcl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/vcl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
   LINK_LIBRARIES
   vppinfra svm vlibmemoryclient rt pthread
+
+  DEPENDS
+  api_headers
 )
 
 add_vpp_library(vcl_ldpreload