diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 410167e5..7bc8d0d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ We've provided two scripts to install required dependencies, and configure your
 From the `openNetVM` folder, run the following two commands:
 
 ```text
-./scripts/install.sh
+sudo ./scripts/install.sh
 ```
 
 ```text
diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build
index bcbe57f1..40e4e632 100644
--- a/examples/meson.build
+++ b/examples/meson.build
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ foreach example : onvm_examples
         name,
         sources,
         include_directories: includes,
-        dependencies: [onvm_dpdk_shared_dep, onvm_nflib_dep],
+        dependencies: [onvm_dpdk_dep, onvm_nflib_dep],
         install: true,
         install_tag: 'onvm',
         install_dir: onvm_output_dir + '/nf/' + example
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 17ab89dc..e7aa1370 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 project('openNetVM', 'c')
+
 add_global_arguments('-msse4', language : 'c')
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
@@ -11,14 +12,13 @@ onvm_output_dir = meson.current_source_dir() + '/bin'
 onvm_mgr_app_name = 'onvm_mgr'
 
 # DPDK dependencies
-onvm_dpdk = subproject('dpdk')
-onvm_dpdk_dep = onvm_dpdk.get_variable('dpdk_static_lib_deps')
-onvm_dpdk_shared_dep = onvm_dpdk.get_variable('dpdk_shared_lib_deps')
+onvm_dpdk_dep = dependency('libdpdk')
 
 # ONVM dependencies
 onvm_nflib_dep = []
 onvm_math_dep = cc.find_library('m')
 onvm_thread_dep = dependency('threads')
+onvm_systemd_dep = cc.find_library('systemd')
 
 # Include directories to be used when building components and examples
 onvm_includes = include_directories('onvm/', 
diff --git a/onvm/onvm_mgr/meson.build b/onvm/onvm_mgr/meson.build
index 4d363b40..dd15464c 100644
--- a/onvm/onvm_mgr/meson.build
+++ b/onvm/onvm_mgr/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ onvm_mgr_include = include_directories('.')
 executable(onvm_mgr_app_name, 
     sources,
     include_directories: [onvm_mgr_include, onvm_includes], 
-    dependencies: [onvm_dpdk_shared_dep, onvm_thread_dep, libonvm_dep, libonvmhelper_dep, onvm_math_dep],
+    dependencies: [onvm_dpdk_dep, onvm_thread_dep, libonvm_dep, libonvmhelper_dep, onvm_math_dep],
     install: true,
     install_tag: 'onvm',
     install_dir: onvm_output_dir,
diff --git a/onvm/onvm_nflib/meson.build b/onvm/onvm_nflib/meson.build
index ec6e7c38..0b77b1e6 100644
--- a/onvm/onvm_nflib/meson.build
+++ b/onvm/onvm_nflib/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sources = files(
 libonvm_includes = include_directories('.')
 
 libonvm_deps = [
-    onvm_dpdk_shared_dep,
+    onvm_dpdk_dep,
     onvm_thread_dep,
     libonvmhelper_dep
 ]
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ libonvm = library(
     sources, 
     include_directories : libonvm_includes,
     dependencies : libonvm_deps,
+    pic: true,
     install: true,
     install_tag: 'onvm',
     install_dir: onvm_output_dir + '/lib')
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index da1398bf..a55ab592 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ packages=("build-essential" \
           "ninja-build" \
           "pkg-config" \
           "libnuma-dev" \
-          "libpcap-dev")
+          "libpcap-dev" \
+          "libsystemd-dev")
 install_packages=true
 
 pypackages=("meson" \
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ echo "- Installing required packages"
 if [ "$install_packages" = true ]; then
     echo "  - installing: $required"
     sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install $required
+    sudo apt-get install $required -y
 else
     echo "  - skipping due to --noinstall flag"
 fi
@@ -110,4 +111,14 @@ pip3 install $pyrequired
 # Build the dpdk-kmods uio kernel module
 echo "- Building the dpdk-kmods uio kernel module"
 cd subprojects/dpdk-kmods/linux/igb_uio
-make
\ No newline at end of file
+make
+cd -
+
+# (5)
+# Install dpdk
+echo "- Installing dpdk"
+cd subprojects/dpdk
+meson build
+ninja -C build
+ninja -C build install
+sudo ldconfig