diff --git a/srcpkgs/clucene/template b/srcpkgs/clucene/template
index 7a3942e17d2..79644ae0c92 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/clucene/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/clucene/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="-DENABLE_ASCII_MODE=OFF -DENABLE_PACKAGING=OFF
  -DBUILD_CONTRIBS_LIB:BOOL=ON -DLIB_DESTINATION:PATH=/usr/lib
  -DLUCENE_SYS_INCLUDES:PATH=/usr/lib -DDISABLE_MULTITHREADING=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
-makedepends="boost-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel boost-devel"
 short_desc="Text search engine written in C++"
 homepage="http://clucene.sourceforge.net/"
 license="LGPL-2+/ASL-2.0"