diff --git a/net-im/zulip-desktop-bin/zulip-desktop-bin-5.12.0.ebuild b/net-im/zulip-desktop-bin/zulip-desktop-bin-5.12.0.ebuild
index 4487f1149c..44fe633798 100644
--- a/net-im/zulip-desktop-bin/zulip-desktop-bin-5.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/zulip-desktop-bin/zulip-desktop-bin-5.12.0.ebuild
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	x11-libs/libxkbcommon
 	x11-libs/libXrandr
 	x11-libs/pango
+	sys-libs/zlib
 "
 
 QA_PREBUILT="opt/Zulip/*"