diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/liquidsoap/full.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/liquidsoap/full.nix
index a4411b6e0f7..81152908451 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/liquidsoap/full.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/liquidsoap/full.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , ocamlPackages
 , libao, portaudio, alsaLib, libpulseaudio, libjack2
 , libsamplerate, libmad, taglib, lame, libogg
-, libvorbis, speex, libtheora, libopus
+, libvorbis, speex, libtheora, libopus, zlib
 , faad2, flac, ladspaH, ffmpeg, frei0r, dssi
 }:
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     [ which ocamlPackages.ocaml ocamlPackages.findlib
       libao portaudio alsaLib libpulseaudio libjack2
       libsamplerate libmad taglib lame libogg
-      libvorbis speex libtheora libopus
+      libvorbis speex libtheora libopus zlib
       faad2 flac ladspaH ffmpeg frei0r dssi
       ocamlPackages.xmlm ocamlPackages.ocaml_pcre
       ocamlPackages.camomile