diff --git a/mpact/sim/util/renode/BUILD b/mpact/sim/util/renode/BUILD
index e968f37..0d88e86 100644
--- a/mpact/sim/util/renode/BUILD
+++ b/mpact/sim/util/renode/BUILD
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status:statusor",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
     ],
+    alwayslink = 1,
 )
 
 cc_library(