1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f271811df26..09a31083df2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ STARTUP_DIR?=$(PWD)
 MACHINE=$(shell uname -m)
 SUDO?=sudo
 
+ifeq ($(findstring $(MAKECMDGOALS),verify pkg-deb pkg-rpm test),)
+export vpp_uses_cmake?=yes
+endif
+
 ,:=,
 define disable_plugins
 $(if $(1), \
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ DEB_DEPENDS += libconfuse-dev git-review exuberant-ctags cscope pkg-config
 DEB_DEPENDS += lcov chrpath autoconf indent clang-format libnuma-dev
 DEB_DEPENDS += python-all python-dev python-virtualenv python-pip libffi6 check
 DEB_DEPENDS += libboost-all-dev libffi-dev python-ply libmbedtls-dev
+DEB_DEPENDS += cmake ninja-build
 ifeq ($(OS_VERSION_ID),14.04)
 	DEB_DEPENDS += openjdk-8-jdk-headless
 	DEB_DEPENDS += libssl-dev