diff --git a/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/vdo/dmeventd_vdo.c b/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/vdo/dmeventd_vdo.c
index 7c4ec4736..399b737ee 100644
--- a/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/vdo/dmeventd_vdo.c
+++ b/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/vdo/dmeventd_vdo.c
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 #include "daemons/dmeventd/plugins/lvm2/dmeventd_lvm.h"
 #include "daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.h"
 
+/*
+ * Use parser from new device_mapper library.
+ * Although during compilation we can see dm_vdo_status_parse()
+ * in runtime we are linked agains systems libdm 'older' library
+ * which does not provide this symbol and plugin fails to load
+ */
+#include "device_mapper/vdo/status.c"
+
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>