diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix
index 65389f2845153..558b0dcf85cea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "-Duse_sys_openssl=true"
     "-Duse_sys_xxhash=true"
     "-Duse_sys_zip=true"
+    "-Duse_sys_zlib=true"
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;