diff --git a/openwrt/package/Config.in b/openwrt/package/Config.in
index f22f83e608..aec730f2f8 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/Config.in
+++ b/openwrt/package/Config.in
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ source "package/dnsmasq/Config.in"
 source "package/iptables/Config.in"
 source "package/bridge/Config.in"
 
+comment "libraries"
+source "package/zlib/Config.in"
+
 comment "Suggested Extras"
 source "package/ebtables/Config.in"
 source "package/dropbear_sshd/Config.in"
diff --git a/openwrt/package/dropbear_sshd/Config.in b/openwrt/package/dropbear_sshd/Config.in
index 07c5218840..69522fdba1 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/dropbear_sshd/Config.in
+++ b/openwrt/package/dropbear_sshd/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR_SSHD
 	bool "dropbear_sshd"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	default n
 	help
 	  A small SSH 2 server designed for small memory environments.
diff --git a/openwrt/package/dropbear_sshd/dropbear_sshd.mk b/openwrt/package/dropbear_sshd/dropbear_sshd.mk
index 4031e218fb..e5ac5dc404 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/dropbear_sshd/dropbear_sshd.mk
+++ b/openwrt/package/dropbear_sshd/dropbear_sshd.mk
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $(TARGET_DIR)/$(DROPBEAR_SSHD_TARGET_BINARY): $(DROPBEAR_SSHD_DIR)/$(DROPBEAR_SS
 	cp $(DROPBEAR_SSHD_DIR)/S50dropbear $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/
 	chmod a+x $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50dropbear
 
-dropbear_sshd: uclibc zlib $(TARGET_DIR)/$(DROPBEAR_SSHD_TARGET_BINARY)
+dropbear_sshd: uclibc $(TARGET_DIR)/$(DROPBEAR_SSHD_TARGET_BINARY)
 
 dropbear_sshd-clean:
 	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \