diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/lftp/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/lftp/package.mk
index 753a9986f6..ef238dbcf4 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/lftp/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/lftp/package.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-nls \
                            --without-gnutls \
                            --with-openssl \
-                           --with-readline=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
+                           --with-readline=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+                           --with-zlib=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
 
 makeinstall_target() {
   : # nop