diff --git a/cmake/Finddpdk.cmake b/cmake/Finddpdk.cmake
index 65f060f03f..a90e70c453 100644
--- a/cmake/Finddpdk.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Finddpdk.cmake
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ endif ()
 list (APPEND dpdk_REQUIRED
   dpdk_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
+# Depending on whether libbsd-dev exists at build time, DPDK may be built with a dependency on
+# libbsd. Note that other libraries in dpdk_PC_LIBRARIES are handled using separate logic
+# (see rte_libs above), thus the additional dependencies must be handled on a case by case basis.
+set (dpdk_dependencies "")
+if ("bsd" IN_LIST dpdk_PC_LIBRARIES)
+  list (APPEND dpdk_dependencies "bsd")
+endif ()
+
 # we prefer static library over the shared library, so just find the
 # static libraries first.
 set (_cmake_find_library_suffixes_saved ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
@@ -163,6 +171,7 @@ if (dpdk_FOUND AND NOT (TARGET dpdk))
     set_target_properties (dpdk
       PROPERTIES
         INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${dpdk_INCLUDE_DIR}
+        INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${dpdk_dependencies}
         IMPORTED_OBJECTS ${dpdk_object_path}
         ${compile_options})
     # we include dpdk in seastar already, so no need to expose it with
@@ -175,7 +184,7 @@ if (dpdk_FOUND AND NOT (TARGET dpdk))
     set_target_properties (DPDK::dpdk
       PROPERTIES
         INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${dpdk_PC_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-        INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${_dpdk_libraries}"
+        INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${_dpdk_libraries} ${dpdk_dependencies}"
         ${compile_options})
   endif()
 endif ()