diff --git a/etc/centos/config.mk.in b/etc/centos/config.mk.in
index 5120b06..b440049 100644
--- a/etc/centos/config.mk.in
+++ b/etc/centos/config.mk.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 INSTALLDIR = /usr/local
 CONFIGFILE = /etc/default/ot-recorder
 
+WITH_MQTT ?= yes
 WITH_HTTP ?= yes
 WITH_LMDB ?= yes
 WITH_LUA ?= yes
diff --git a/etc/debian/config.mk.in b/etc/debian/config.mk.in
index 6c45c6e..964a197 100644
--- a/etc/debian/config.mk.in
+++ b/etc/debian/config.mk.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 INSTALLDIR = /usr/local
 CONFIGFILE = /etc/default/ot-recorder
 
+WITH_MQTT ?= yes
 WITH_HTTP ?= yes
 WITH_LMDB ?= yes
 WITH_LUA ?= yes