diff --git a/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk b/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk
index 2912224b68..8d1a15e9f0 100644
--- a/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk
+++ b/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="4a6aec666991fb45d0889c44aede8ad6eb108071c3554fcdff671f9c94794976"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/"
 PKG_URL="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/libunwind/libunwind-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="library to determine the call-chain of a program"
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
diff --git a/packages/debug/libunwind/patches/libunwind-0002-add-dependant-static-libraries.patch b/packages/debug/libunwind/patches/libunwind-0002-add-dependant-static-libraries.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c41417ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debug/libunwind/patches/libunwind-0002-add-dependant-static-libraries.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/src/unwind/libunwind.pc.in	2020-11-10 16:14:18.000000000 +0000
++++ b/src/unwind/libunwind.pc.in	2021-12-05 08:16:04.467881118 +0000
+@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
+ Name: libunwind
+ Description: libunwind base library
+ Version: @VERSION@
+-Libs: -L${libdir} -lunwind
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lunwind @LIBLZMA@ @LIBZ@
+ Libs.private: @LIBLZMA@ @LIBZ@
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}