diff --git a/community/R/APKBUILD b/community/R/APKBUILD
index 9bce323d079..4408085f64b 100644
--- a/community/R/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/R/APKBUILD
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ depends_dev="
 	gcc
 	gfortran
 	icu-dev
+	libdeflate-dev
 	libjpeg-turbo
 	libpng-dev
 	make