diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/web/tntnet/package.mk b/packages/3rdparty/web/tntnet/package.mk
index 73daf9aafa..f51135dd15 100644
--- a/packages/3rdparty/web/tntnet/package.mk
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/web/tntnet/package.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_SITE="http://www.tntnet.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.tntnet.org/download/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="libtool cxxtools"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain cxxtools:host"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain cxxtools:host zlib:host"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain tntnet:host libtool cxxtools"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"