diff --git a/package/efl/libevas-generic-loaders/Config.in b/package/efl/libevas-generic-loaders/Config.in
index 30fb88b383..3f7581fba1 100644
--- a/package/efl/libevas-generic-loaders/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/libevas-generic-loaders/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVAS_GENERIC_LOADERS
 	bool "libevas generic loaders"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEINA
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  These are additional "generic" loaders for Evas that are
 	  stand-alone executables that evas may run from its generic
diff --git a/package/efl/libevas-generic-loaders/libevas-generic-loaders.mk b/package/efl/libevas-generic-loaders/libevas-generic-loaders.mk
index 152a75b12e..db0ca32523 100644
--- a/package/efl/libevas-generic-loaders/libevas-generic-loaders.mk
+++ b/package/efl/libevas-generic-loaders/libevas-generic-loaders.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LIBEVAS_GENERIC_LOADERS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 LIBEVAS_GENERIC_LOADERS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-LIBEVAS_GENERIC_LOADERS_DEPENDENCIES = libeina
+LIBEVAS_GENERIC_LOADERS_DEPENDENCIES = libeina zlib
 
 # For now, we only support the SVG loader
 LIBEVAS_GENERIC_LOADERS_CONF_OPT += \