diff --git a/projects/gnome.org/libxml2/package.yml b/projects/gnome.org/libxml2/package.yml
index af8f4610..11684341 100644
--- a/projects/gnome.org/libxml2/package.yml
+++ b/projects/gnome.org/libxml2/package.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ runtime:
   env:
     PYTHONPATH: ${{prefix}}/lib/python3.11/site-packages
 
+dependencies:
+  zlib.net: ^1
+
 build:
   dependencies:
     tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99