diff --git a/defaults-o2-dataflow.sh b/defaults-o2-dataflow.sh
index f33b1c2705..7de26eafc2 100644
--- a/defaults-o2-dataflow.sh
+++ b/defaults-o2-dataflow.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ overrides:
       - O2
       - fmt
       - ucx   # this one added
+  Monitoring:
+    requires:
+      - boost
+      - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
+      - curl
+      - libInfoLogger
+      - librdkafka   # this one added
 ---
 # This file is included in any build recipe and it's only used to set
 # environment variables. Which file to actually include can be defined by the
diff --git a/monitoring.sh b/monitoring.sh
index cdc04d40b6..d1a7e57ae8 100644
--- a/monitoring.sh
+++ b/monitoring.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package: Monitoring
 version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-tag: v3.18.1
+tag: v3.19.1
 requires:
   - boost
   - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ requires:
 build_requires:
   - CMake
   - alibuild-recipe-tools
+  - protobuf
 source: https://github.com/AliceO2Group/Monitoring
 incremental_recipe: |
   make ${JOBS:+-j$JOBS} install
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ if [[ $ALIBUILD_O2_TESTS ]]; then
 fi
 
 cmake $SOURCEDIR                                              \
+      -DRDKAFKA_ROOT=${LIBRDKAFKA_ROOT}  \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALLROOT                     \
       ${BOOST_REVISION:+-DBOOST_ROOT=$BOOST_ROOT}                 \
       -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON