diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 3b1f94b..44001af 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 lib-y	+= kobject.o kref.o klist.o
 
 obj-y += bcd.o div64.o sort.o parser.o halfmd4.o debug_locks.o random32.o \
-	 bust_spinlocks.o hexdump.o kasprintf.o bitmap.o scatterlist.o
+	 bust_spinlocks.o hexdump.o kasprintf.o bitmap.o scatterlist.o \
+	 string_helpers.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT),y)
 CFLAGS_kobject.o += -DDEBUG