diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a9e851f75..633774e2d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ qemu-img$(EXESUF): qemu-img.o qemu-tool.o osdep.o $(BLOCK_OBJS)
 
 qemu-nbd$(EXESUF):  qemu-nbd.o qemu-tool.o osdep.o $(BLOCK_OBJS)
 
-qemu-img$(EXESUF) qemu-nbd$(EXESUF): LIBS += -lz
+qemu-io$(EXESUF):  qemu-io.o qemu-tool.o osdep.o cmd.o $(BLOCK_OBJS)
+
+qemu-img$(EXESUF) qemu-nbd$(EXESUF) qemu-io$(EXESUF): LIBS += -lz
 
 clean:
 # avoid old build problems by removing potentially incorrect old files
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e97483445..be8e38d5e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ esac
 
 tools=
 if test `expr "$target_list" : ".*softmmu.*"` != 0 ; then
-  tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) $tools"
+  tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
   if [ "$linux" = "yes" ] ; then
       tools="qemu-nbd\$(EXESUF) $tools"
   fi