diff --git a/src/query_engine/SConscript b/src/query_engine/SConscript
index 38c0ce5bb8a..2ea97cd9f34 100644
--- a/src/query_engine/SConscript
+++ b/src/query_engine/SConscript
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ env = BuildEnv.Clone()
 env.Append(CPPPATH = [env['TOP'],
                       env['TOP'] + '/base/sandesh/',
                       env['TOP'] + '/database/',
+                      env['TOP'] + '/tools/sandesh/library/common',
                      ])
 
 env.Prepend(LIBS=[  'cpuinfo',