diff --git a/src/core/drivers/dpdk/dpdk_test.cc b/src/core/drivers/dpdk/dpdk_test.cc
index a9036608..0751e002 100644
--- a/src/core/drivers/dpdk/dpdk_test.cc
+++ b/src/core/drivers/dpdk/dpdk_test.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
 
   auto kEalOpts = juggler::utils::CmdLineOpts(
-      {"-c", "0x0", "-n", "6", "--proc-type=auto", "-m", "1024", "--log-level",
+      {"", "-c", "0x0", "-n", "6", "--proc-type=auto", "-m", "1024", "--log-level",
        "8", "--vdev=net_null0,copy=1", "--no-pci"});
 
   auto d = juggler::dpdk::Dpdk();
diff --git a/src/core/flow_test.cc b/src/core/flow_test.cc
index c45533cd..f2b2cfad 100644
--- a/src/core/flow_test.cc
+++ b/src/core/flow_test.cc
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   // Initialize DPDK
   auto kEalOpts = juggler::utils::CmdLineOpts(
-      {"-c", "0x0", "-n", "6", "--proc-type=auto", "-m", "1024", "--log-level",
+      {"", "-c", "0x0", "-n", "6", "--proc-type=auto", "-m", "1024", "--log-level",
        "8", "--vdev=net_null0,copy=1", "--no-pci"});
   auto d = juggler::dpdk::Dpdk();
   d.InitDpdk(kEalOpts); /* Using default DPDK configurations */
diff --git a/src/core/machnet_engine_test.cc b/src/core/machnet_engine_test.cc
index 0239c10d..4b6697d1 100644
--- a/src/core/machnet_engine_test.cc
+++ b/src/core/machnet_engine_test.cc
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
 
   auto kEalOpts = juggler::utils::CmdLineOpts(
-      {"-c", "0x0", "-n", "6", "--proc-type=auto", "-m", "1024", "--log-level",
+      {"", "-c", "0x0", "-n", "6", "--proc-type=auto", "-m", "1024", "--log-level",
        "8", "--vdev=net_null0,copy=1", "--no-pci"});
 
   auto d = juggler::dpdk::Dpdk();
diff --git a/src/include/dpdk.h b/src/include/dpdk.h
index c09b6e19..aadb58ba 100644
--- a/src/include/dpdk.h
+++ b/src/include/dpdk.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace dpdk {
 
 // Default EAL init arguments.
 static auto kDefaultEalOpts =
-    juggler::utils::CmdLineOpts({"--log-level=eal,8", "--proc-type=auto"});
+    juggler::utils::CmdLineOpts({"", "--log-level=eal,8", "--proc-type=auto"});
 
 class Dpdk {
  public: