diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk b/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk
index 0bf442d53d..ff5f96f6f9 100644
--- a/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="b3a24de97a8fdbc835b9833169501030b8977031bcb54b3b3ac13740f846ab30"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.zlib.net"
 PKG_URL="https://zlib.net/fossils/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="cmake:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host cmake:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A general purpose (ZIP) data compression library."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake-make"