diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo.inc b/meta/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo.inc
index 06d2dee821..214999772a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo.inc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BUGTRACKER = "http://bugs.freedesktop.org"
 SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "MPL-1 & LGPLv2.1"
 X11DEPENDS = "virtual/libx11 libsm libxrender libxext"
-DEPENDS = "libpng fontconfig pixman glib-2.0"
+DEPENDS = "libpng fontconfig pixman glib-2.0 zlib"
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'x11', '', d)} \
            ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'directfb', 'directfb', '', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[x11] = "--with-x=yes,--without-x,${X11DEPENDS}"