diff --git a/package/php-memcached/php-memcached.mk b/package/php-memcached/php-memcached.mk
index 866e18ca02..b9cc115617 100644
--- a/package/php-memcached/php-memcached.mk
+++ b/package/php-memcached/php-memcached.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ PHP_MEMCACHED_SOURCE = memcached-$(PHP_MEMCACHED_VERSION).tgz
 PHP_MEMCACHED_SITE = http://pecl.php.net/get
 PHP_MEMCACHED_CONF_OPT = --with-php-config=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/php-config \
 	--disable-memcached-sasl \
-	--with-libmemcached-dir=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+	--with-libmemcached-dir=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
+	--with-zlib-dir=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 # phpize does the autoconf magic
 PHP_MEMCACHED_DEPENDENCIES = libmemcached php zlib host-autoconf host-pkgconf
 PHP_MEMCACHED_LICENSE = MIT