diff --git a/community/john/APKBUILD b/community/john/APKBUILD
index 3423dd4d280..013a5b50a03 100644
--- a/community/john/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/john/APKBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ arch="x86_64 armhf"
 license="GPL2"
 depends="nss"
 options="!strip"
-makedepends="libpcap-dev libressl-dev gmp-dev yasm-dev"
+makedepends="libpcap-dev libressl-dev gmp-dev yasm-dev zlib-dev"
 install=""
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc				\
 		$pkgname-scripts-py:py 			\