diff --git a/utilities/meson.build b/utilities/meson.build
index 1977aa4..383cf29 100644
--- a/utilities/meson.build
+++ b/utilities/meson.build
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 deps = [ CLI11_dep, libpldm_dep, sdeventplus, phosphor_logging_dep ]
 
-executable('set-state-effecter', 'requester/set_state_effecter.cpp',
+executable('set-state-effecter', 'requester/set_state_effecter.cpp', '../common/transport.cpp',
            implicit_include_directories: false,
+           include_directories: [ '..' ],
            dependencies: deps,
            install: true,
            install_dir: get_option('bindir'))
 
 executable('set-state-effecter-async',
-           'requester/set_state_effecter_async.cpp',
+           'requester/set_state_effecter_async.cpp', '../common/transport.cpp',
            implicit_include_directories: false,
+           include_directories: [ '..' ],
            dependencies: deps,
            install: true,
            install_dir: get_option('bindir'))