diff --git a/repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_libusb.mk b/repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_libusb.mk
index 6d7d7e734d..1a794b2444 100644
--- a/repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_libusb.mk
+++ b/repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_libusb.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 SRC_CC = vfs_libusb.cc
 
+LIBS += libusb
+
 vpath %.cc $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/vfs/libusb
 
 SHARED_LIB = yes
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_libusb/used_apis b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_libusb/used_apis
index 5830357be3..41c5737b00 100644
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_libusb/used_apis
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_libusb/used_apis
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ os
 so
 usb_session
 vfs
+libusb