diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/llvm/llvm3.3_3.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/llvm/llvm3.3_3.3.bb
index 3fca57560e..c8dbe05063 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/llvm/llvm3.3_3.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/llvm/llvm3.3_3.3.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 require llvm.inc
 require llvm3.inc
 
+DEPENDS += "zlib"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "enable-zlib"
+
 SRC_URI_append_libc-uclibc = " file://arm_fenv_uclibc.patch "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "40564e1dc390f9844f1711c08b08e391"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "68766b1e70d05a25e2f502e997a3cb3937187a3296595cf6e0977d5cd6727578"