diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 3c9efbcc1e3..ec9b14f15f9 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ subdirs := \
 	external/libselinux \
 	external/selinux \
 	external/minijail \
+	external/libnfc-nci \
 	external/libsepol \
 	external/libunwind \
 	external/libunwind_llvm \