diff --git a/build_scripts/build-tests/build-tests.sh b/build_scripts/build-tests/build-tests.sh
index d6841f57..b2060bc5 100644
--- a/build_scripts/build-tests/build-tests.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/build-tests/build-tests.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ GIT_REPO="https://${GERRIT_HOST}/${GERRIT_PROJECT}"
 # enable the Storage SIG for lttng-{tools,ust}-devel
 yum -y install centos-release-gluster yum-utils centos-release-ceph epel-release 
 
-BASE_PACKAGES="git bison flex cmake gcc-c++ libacl-devel krb5-devel dbus-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config libacl-devel libblkid-devel libcap-devel gperftools-devel gtest-devel"
+BASE_PACKAGES="git bison flex cmake gcc-c++ libacl-devel krb5-devel dbus-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config libacl-devel libblkid-devel libcap-devel gperftools-devel gtest-devel rdma-core-devel"
 BUILDREQUIRES_EXTRA="libnsl2-devel libnfsidmap-devel libwbclient-devel userspace-rcu-devel  boost-devel doxygen xfsprogs-devel lttng-tools-devel lttng-ust-devel"
 
 if [ "${CENTOS_VERSION}" = "7" ]; then
diff --git a/build_scripts/code-compilation/client.sh b/build_scripts/code-compilation/client.sh
index 8b0a19e7..a0b3c234 100644
--- a/build_scripts/code-compilation/client.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/code-compilation/client.sh
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ do
     if [ $once -eq 0 ]
     then
         if [ "${CENTOS_VERSION}" == "7" ]; then
-          yum -y install bison flex cmake gcc-c++ libacl-devel krb5-devel dbus-devel libnfsidmap-devel libwbclient-devel libcap-devel libblkid-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config glusterfs-api libnsl2-devel libcephfs-devel
+          yum -y install bison flex cmake gcc-c++ libacl-devel krb5-devel dbus-devel libnfsidmap-devel libwbclient-devel libcap-devel libblkid-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config glusterfs-api libnsl2-devel libcephfs-devel rdma-core-devel
           yum clean all & yum clean metadata
           yum -y install userspace-rcu-devel
         elif [ "${CENTOS_VERSION}" == "8s" ]; then
-          yum -y install bison flex cmake gcc-c++ libacl-devel krb5-devel dbus-devel libcap-devel libblkid-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config glusterfs-api
+          yum -y install bison flex cmake gcc-c++ libacl-devel krb5-devel dbus-devel libcap-devel libblkid-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config glusterfs-api rdma-core-devel
           yum -y --enablerepo=powertools install libnfsidmap-devel libwbclient-devel userspace-rcu-devel userspace-rcu libnsl2-devel libcephfs-devel
         elif [ "${CENTOS_VERSION}" == "9s" ]; then
-          yum -y install bison flex cmake gcc-c++ libacl-devel krb5-devel dbus-devel libcap-devel libblkid-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config glusterfs-api
+          yum -y install bison flex cmake gcc-c++ libacl-devel krb5-devel dbus-devel libcap-devel libblkid-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config glusterfs-api rdma-core-devel
           yum -y --enablerepo=crb install libnfsidmap-devel libwbclient-devel userspace-rcu-devel userspace-rcu libnsl2-devel libcephfs-devel libuuid libuuid-devel
         fi
         timeout -s SIGKILL 600s git clone --depth=1 https://review.gerrithub.io/ffilz/nfs-ganesha