diff --git a/contrib/ci/build_and_install_rpms.sh b/contrib/ci/build_and_install_rpms.sh
index c16ef0885..01f00f37e 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/build_and_install_rpms.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/build_and_install_rpms.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ meson .. \
     -Denable-man=true \
     -Denable-tests=true \
     -Denable-dummy=true \
-    -Denable-thunderbolt=false \
+    -Denable-thunderbolt=true \
     -Denable-uefi=true \
     -Denable-dell=true \
     -Denable-synaptics=true \
diff --git a/contrib/ci/build_and_test.sh b/contrib/ci/build_and_test.sh
index eafecf555..bec558837 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/build_and_test.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/build_and_test.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ meson .. \
     -Denable-doc=true \
     -Denable-man=true \
     -Denable-tests=true \
-    -Denable-thunderbolt=false \
+    -Denable-thunderbolt=true \
     -Denable-uefi=true \
     -Denable-dell=true \
     -Denable-synaptics=true \
diff --git a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
index 3e47182c6..b948c8d72 100644
--- a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Data files for installed tests.
 %else
     -Denable-dummy=false \
 %endif
-    -Denable-thunderbolt=false \
+    -Denable-thunderbolt=true \
 %if 0%{?have_uefi}
     -Denable-uefi=true \
     -Denable-uefi-labels=true \
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ mkdir -p --mode=0700 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_localstatedir}/lib/fwupd/gnupg
 %if 0%{?enable_dummy}
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-2/libfu_plugin_test.so
 %endif
+%{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-2/libfu_plugin_thunderbolt.so
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-2/libfu_plugin_udev.so
 %if 0%{?have_uefi}
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-2/libfu_plugin_uefi.so