diff --git a/fdbclient/CMakeLists.txt b/fdbclient/CMakeLists.txt
index b919457ff3..35c19af845 100644
--- a/fdbclient/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fdbclient/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ target_link_libraries(fdbclient PUBLIC fdbrpc msgpack)
 add_flow_target(STATIC_LIBRARY NAME fdbclient_sampling SRCS ${FDBCLIENT_SRCS} ADDL_SRCS ${options_srcs})
 add_dependencies(fdbclient_sampling fdboptions fdb_c_options)
 target_link_libraries(fdbclient_sampling PUBLIC fdbrpc_sampling msgpack)
+add_dependencies(fdbclient_sampling_actors fdbclient_actors)
 target_compile_definitions(fdbclient_sampling PRIVATE -DENABLE_SAMPLING)
 
 if(BUILD_AZURE_BACKUP)
diff --git a/fdbrpc/CMakeLists.txt b/fdbrpc/CMakeLists.txt
index 46313804ed..85f29bfb92 100644
--- a/fdbrpc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fdbrpc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ add_flow_target(STATIC_LIBRARY NAME fdbrpc_sampling
 target_include_directories(fdbrpc_sampling PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libeio)
 target_link_libraries(fdbrpc_sampling PUBLIC flow_sampling)
 target_compile_definitions(fdbrpc_sampling PRIVATE -DENABLE_SAMPLING)
+add_dependencies(fdbrpc_sampling_actors fdbrpc_actors)
 
 if(COMPILE_EIO)
   add_library(eio STATIC libeio/eio.c)
diff --git a/flow/CMakeLists.txt b/flow/CMakeLists.txt
index 0efa987c82..3eeea18ec2 100644
--- a/flow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/flow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ target_link_libraries(flow PRIVATE stacktrace)
 add_flow_target(STATIC_LIBRARY NAME flow_sampling SRCS ${FLOW_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(flow_sampling PRIVATE stacktrace)
 target_compile_definitions(flow_sampling PRIVATE -DENABLE_SAMPLING)
+add_dependencies(flow_sampling_actors flow_actors)
 
 if (NOT APPLE AND NOT WIN32)
   set (FLOW_LIBS ${FLOW_LIBS} rt)