diff --git a/package/iprutils/Config.in b/package/iprutils/Config.in
index 8e2884a82e..0143b53ae6 100644
--- a/package/iprutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/iprutils/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_IPRUTILS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSYSFS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCIUTILS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  System utilities for IBM Power RAID devices
 
diff --git a/package/iprutils/iprutils.mk b/package/iprutils/iprutils.mk
index 8bb80c8856..0dc7b40060 100644
--- a/package/iprutils/iprutils.mk
+++ b/package/iprutils/iprutils.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 IPRUTILS_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.4.14
 IPRUTILS_VERSION = $(IPRUTILS_VERSION_MAJOR).1
 IPRUTILS_SITE = https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/iprdd/iprutils%20for%202.6%20kernels/$(IPRUTILS_VERSION_MAJOR)
-IPRUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses libsysfs pciutils
+IPRUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses libsysfs pciutils zlib
 IPRUTILS_LICENSE = Common Public License Version 1.0
 IPRUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE