diff --git a/programming/scm/git/pspec.xml b/programming/scm/git/pspec.xml
index c0c8aa5ec5..a4c06fdf4f 100644
--- a/programming/scm/git/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/scm/git/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>tcltk-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>zlib-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>xmlto</Dependency>
             <Dependency>asciidoc</Dependency>
             <Dependency>perl-Error</Dependency>
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
             <Dependency>openssh</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl</Dependency>
             <Dependency>rsync</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>zlib</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>