diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c186381..ab6bf26 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3490,6 +3490,7 @@ version = "4.7.0+2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55e0d2f9ba6253f6ec72385e453294f8618e9e15c2c6aba2a5c01ccf9622d615"
 dependencies = [
+ "cmake",
  "libc",
  "libz-sys",
  "num_enum",
diff --git a/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index 63a1c6f..ce4d5c6 100644
--- a/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ arrow-ord = { workspace = true }
 
 apache-avro = { workspace = true }
 base64 = { workspace = true }
-rdkafka = { workspace = true }
+rdkafka = { workspace = true, features = ["cmake-build"] }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }