diff --git a/cnutil/CMakeLists.txt b/cnutil/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f0ee03..f08285b 100644
--- a/cnutil/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cnutil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11 -D_GNU_SOURCE")
 include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories("${MONERO_DIR}/contrib/epee/include")
 include_directories("${MONERO_DIR}/src")
+include_directories("${MONERO_DIR}/external/easylogging++")
 
 link_directories(
     ${MONERO_DIR}/src/cryptonote_core
+    ${MONERO_DIR}/src/cryptonote_basic
     ${MONERO_DIR}/src/crypto
     ${MONERO_DIR}/src/common
     ${MONERO_DIR}/src/ringct
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ add_library(${CXXLIB} SHARED src/cnutil.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(${CXXLIB}
     cryptonote_core
+    cryptonote_basic
     crypto
     common
     ringct
diff --git a/cnutil/src/cnutil.cpp b/cnutil/src/cnutil.cpp
index 22796b2..462d2db 100644
--- a/cnutil/src/cnutil.cpp
+++ b/cnutil/src/cnutil.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string>
-#include "cryptonote_core/cryptonote_format_utils.h"
+#include "cryptonote_basic/cryptonote_format_utils.h"
 #include "common/base58.h"
 
 using namespace cryptonote;