diff --git a/srcpkgs/lnav/template b/srcpkgs/lnav/template
index 93df7954753..464e0fc07e6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lnav/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lnav/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.10.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="automake openssh"
+hostmakedepends="automake openssh zlib-devel"
 makedepends="bzip2-devel gpm-devel libarchive-devel libcurl-devel ncurses-devel
  pcre-devel readline-devel sqlite-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Log file navigator"