diff --git a/tools/get_dependencies.sh b/tools/get_dependencies.sh
index c9ad61a..eb82a39 100755
--- a/tools/get_dependencies.sh
+++ b/tools/get_dependencies.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ get_mageia_deps()
 get_debian_deps()
 {
  apt-get install -y --force-yes clang llvm-dev libxml2-dev uuid-dev \
-  libssl-dev bash patch make  tar xz-utils bzip2 gzip sed cpio libbz2-dev
+  libssl-dev bash patch make tar xz-utils bzip2 gzip sed cpio libbz2-dev \
+  zlib1g-dev
 }
 
 get_arch_deps()