diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 708d64b..69b06ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ makefiles/normClient
 makefiles/normServer
 makefiles/npc
 makefiles/raft
+makefiles/pcap2norm
 
 # build object files
 *.o
diff --git a/makefiles/Makefile.common b/makefiles/Makefile.common
index f5bf585..e63f27d 100644
--- a/makefiles/Makefile.common
+++ b/makefiles/Makefile.common
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ PCAP_SRC = $(COMMON)/pcap2norm.cpp
 PCAP_OBJ = $(PCAP_SRC:.cpp=.o)
 
 pcap2norm:    $(PCAP_OBJ) libnorm.a $(LIBPROTO) 
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(PCAP_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) libnorm.a $(LIBPROTO)  $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(PCAP_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) libnorm.a $(LIBPROTO)  $(LIBS) -lpcap
 	mkdir -p ../bin
 	cp $@ ../bin/$@