diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5bd7483a90..0d67202467 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 	Fixes all over the tree.
 
 	Updated/fixed packages: bash, bind, busybox, libglib2, libmad,
-	midori, module-init-tools, mtd-utils, openssh, qt, sqlite,
-	webkit
+	midori, module-init-tools, mtd-utils, openssh, pciutils, qt,
+	sqlite, webkit
 
 	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
 
 	#2479: host-module-init-tools 3.11 fails to build
 	#2785: mtd-utils build fails due to missing libmtd
+	#2797: pciutils dependencies on zlib not taken into account
 	#2809: failed to compile libglib2
 	#2821: [PATCH] Patch for JavaScriptCore in QtWebKit module
 	#2827: qt-4.7.0-pthread_getattr_np.patch invalid for qt 4.6...
diff --git a/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk b/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk
index a7d999664f..6e163006bc 100644
--- a/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk
+++ b/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PCIUTILS_VERSION = 3.1.7
 PCIUTILS_SITE = ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/linux/pci
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 	PCIUTILS_ZLIB=yes
+	PCIUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
 else
 	PCIUTILS_ZLIB=no
 endif