diff --git a/net/apache/Makefile b/net/apache/Makefile
index d436bd392..216300460 100644
--- a/net/apache/Makefile
+++ b/net/apache/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/apache
 $(call Package/apache/Default)
-  DEPENDS:=+libapr +libaprutil +libpcre +libopenssl +unixodbc 
+  DEPENDS:=+libapr +libaprutil +libpcre +libopenssl +unixodbc +zlib
 endef
 
 define Package/apache/description