diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b195eb08..a137a1511 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ if(WITH_NETWORK_BACKEND)
 	elseif(AVAHI_CLIENT_LIBRARIES AND AVAHI_COMMON_LIBRARIES)
 		message(STATUS "Building with Avahi, a DNS SD implementation")
 		set(HAVE_DNS_SD ON)
+		set(HAVE_AVAHI ON)
 		
 		list(APPEND LIBIIO_CFILES dns_sd_avahi.c)
 		set(AVAHI_LIBRARIES ${AVAHI_CLIENT_LIBRARIES} ${AVAHI_COMMON_LIBRARIES})