diff --git a/src/server/CMakeLists.txt b/src/server/CMakeLists.txt
index 62449efc4..e649f6401 100644
--- a/src/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ find_library(ZSTD_LIB NAMES libzstd.a libzstdstatic.a zstd NAMES_PER_DIR REQUIRE
 
 if (WITH_AWS)
   SET(AWS_LIB awsv2_lib)
+  add_definitions(-DWITH_AWS)
 endif()
 
 cxx_link(dfly_transaction dfly_core strings_lib TRDP::fast_float)