diff --git a/libs/libxml2/Makefile b/libs/libxml2/Makefile
index d1e914a6c..b22761f7d 100644
--- a/libs/libxml2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libxml2/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ define Package/libxml2/description
 endef
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -lz
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-shared \