diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 71d8e83fa4..b72153894a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -2747,7 +2747,8 @@ framebuffer device.")
        `(("libdrm" ,libdrm)
          ("mesa" ,mesa)
          ("udev" ,eudev)
-         ("xorg-server" ,xorg-server)))
+         ("xorg-server" ,xorg-server)
+         ("zlib" ,zlib)))
       (native-inputs
        `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
          ("autoconf" ,autoconf)