diff --git a/plugins/emperor_zeromq/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/emperor_zeromq/uwsgiplugin.py
index 5b4211e5..f550d71d 100644
--- a/plugins/emperor_zeromq/uwsgiplugin.py
+++ b/plugins/emperor_zeromq/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 NAME='emperor_zeromq'
 CFLAGS = []
 LDFLAGS = []
-LIBS = []
+LIBS = ['-lzmq']
 
 GCC_LIST = ['emperor_zeromq']