diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index 94d938552..0e3466e68 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(filter $(BUILD_RDMA),yes module))
     LIBVALKEY_MAKE_FLAGS += USE_RDMA=1
 	ifneq (,$(filter $(BUILD_RDMA),module))
-		LIBVALKEY_MAKE_FLAGS += USE_DLOPEN_RDMA=1
+		LIBVALKEY_MAKE_FLAGS += USE_DLOPEN_RDMA=0
 	endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 73815ac2b..db2938ed4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ RDMA_MODULE_NAME:=valkey-rdma$(PROG_SUFFIX).so
 RDMA_MODULE_CFLAGS:=$(FINAL_CFLAGS)
 ifeq ($(BUILD_RDMA),module)
 	FINAL_CFLAGS+=-DUSE_RDMA=$(BUILD_MODULE)
-	RDMA_CLIENT_LIBS = ../deps/libvalkey/lib/libvalkey_rdma.a
+	RDMA_CLIENT_LIBS = ../deps/libvalkey/lib/libvalkey_rdma.a $(RDMA_LIBS)
 	RDMA_MODULE=$(RDMA_MODULE_NAME)
 	RDMA_MODULE_CFLAGS+=-DUSE_RDMA=$(BUILD_MODULE) -DBUILD_RDMA_MODULE=$(BUILD_MODULE) $(RDMA_LIBS)
 endif