diff --git a/libraries/avatars/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/avatars/CMakeLists.txt
index b1c593a4a6..207057e244 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/avatars/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ include(${MACRO_DIR}/IncludeGLM.cmake)
 include_glm(${TARGET_NAME} ${ROOT_DIR})
 
 include(${MACRO_DIR}/LinkHifiLibrary.cmake)
-link_hifi_library(shared ${TARGET_NAME} ${ROOT_DIR})
\ No newline at end of file
+link_hifi_library(shared ${TARGET_NAME} ${ROOT_DIR})
+
+# link in the hifi voxels library
+link_hifi_library(voxels ${TARGET_NAME} ${ROOT_DIR})
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index afb43f75ea..d24754b28f 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <PacketHeaders.h>
 
 #include "AvatarData.h"
+#include <VoxelConstants.h>
 
 using namespace std;