diff --git a/package/libid3tag/id3tag.pc b/package/libid3tag/id3tag.pc
index 845eb3276b..63d09eee8b 100644
--- a/package/libid3tag/id3tag.pc
+++ b/package/libid3tag/id3tag.pc
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ Description: ID3 tag reading library
 Version: 0.15.1b
 Requires:
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lid3tag
+Libs.private: -lz
 Cflags: -I${includedir}