diff --git a/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-1.10.7-PGI-18.5-GCC-6.3.0-2.27.eb b/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-1.10.7-PGI-18.5-GCC-6.3.0-2.27.eb
index 1c5a1198..f1efca4e 100644
--- a/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-1.10.7-PGI-18.5-GCC-6.3.0-2.27.eb
+++ b/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-1.10.7-PGI-18.5-GCC-6.3.0-2.27.eb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ configopts += '--with-cxxrtlib="-lgcc_s -lstdc++"' # for vt-mpi-unify
 preconfigopts = 'export LIBS="-ldl" && export CC="$CC -noswitcherror" && export CXX="$CXX -noswitcherror" && '
 
 # needed for --with-verbs
-osdependencies = [('libibverbs-dev', 'libibverbs-devel')]
+osdependencies = [('libibverbs-dev', 'libibverbs-devel', 'rdma-core-devel')]
 
 libs = ["mpi_cxx", "mpi_mpifh", "mpi", "ompitrace", "open-pal", "open-rte", "vt", "vt-hyb", "vt-mpi", "vt-mpi-unify"]