diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/meta b/packages/compress/zlib/meta
index 0b8d75061e..9881372fa3 100644
--- a/packages/compress/zlib/meta
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.zlib.net"
 PKG_URL="http://www.zlib.net/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain cmake"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="compress"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="zlib: A general purpose (ZIP) data compression library"