diff --git a/packages/audio/libopenmpt/package.mk b/packages/audio/libopenmpt/package.mk
index cad60b79db..af38eb6167 100644
--- a/packages/audio/libopenmpt/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/libopenmpt/package.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libopenmpt"
 PKG_VERSION="0.3.1"
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="6fc5614926edd523d5585e40fdaf0b2ea08689d4dc91de49511d02503744cbb5"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="http://lib.openmpt.org/libopenmpt/"
 PKG_URL="http://lib.openmpt.org/files/libopenmpt/src/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}+release.autotools.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libogg libvorbis"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libogg libvorbis zlib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="libopenmpt renders mod music files as raw audio data, for playing or conversion."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"