diff --git a/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/CMakeLists.txt b/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/CMakeLists.txt
index 20c9ecb..7aae7e4 100644
--- a/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ google_binary(cartographer_assets_writer
 
 google_binary(cartographer_node
   USES_CARTOGRAPHER
+  USES_GFLAGS
   SRCS
     node_main.cc
   DEPENDS
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ install(TARGETS cartographer_assets_writer
 )
 google_binary(cartographer_offline_node
   USES_CARTOGRAPHER
+  USES_GFLAGS
   SRCS
     offline_node_main.cc
   DEPENDS
diff --git a/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/node_main.cc b/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/node_main.cc
index aea0452..71a24c9 100644
--- a/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/node_main.cc
+++ b/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/node_main.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "cartographer/common/port.h"
 #include "cartographer_ros/node.h"
 #include "cartographer_ros/ros_log_sink.h"
+#include "gflags/gflags.h"
 #include "tf2_ros/transform_listener.h"
 
 DEFINE_string(configuration_directory, "",
diff --git a/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/offline_node_main.cc b/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/offline_node_main.cc
index 000e928..0a710a1 100644
--- a/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/offline_node_main.cc
+++ b/cartographer_ros/cartographer_ros/offline_node_main.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "cartographer_ros/node.h"
 #include "cartographer_ros/ros_log_sink.h"
 #include "cartographer_ros/urdf_reader.h"
+#include "gflags/gflags.h"
 #include "ros/callback_queue.h"
 #include "rosbag/bag.h"
 #include "rosbag/view.h"