diff --git a/programming/misc/libsoup/pspec.xml b/programming/misc/libsoup/pspec.xml
index 9ad3a2932c..44c65f07d0 100644
--- a/programming/misc/libsoup/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/misc/libsoup/pspec.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
             <Dependency>gettext-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>vala-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libpsl-devel</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>zlib-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency versionFrom="1.2.12">zlib-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>mit-kerberos-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python-six</Dependency>
             <Dependency>glib-networking</Dependency>