diff --git a/openwrt/package/cups/ipkg/cups.control b/openwrt/package/cups/ipkg/cups.control
index a76d20063..b31f929e8 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/cups/ipkg/cups.control
+++ b/openwrt/package/cups/ipkg/cups.control
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Package: cups
 Priority: optional
 Section: net
+Depends: zlib
 Description: Common Unix Printing System