diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2-host/meta b/packages/textproc/libxml2-host/meta
index 12a1880934..e98d4e804c 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2-host/meta
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2-host/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://xmlsoft.org"
 PKG_URL=""
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib-host Python"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="textproc"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libxml: XML parser library for Gnome"