diff --git a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.7.bep b/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.7.bep
index 723e88be3..6026d1958 100644
--- a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.7.bep
+++ b/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.7.bep
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SRC_URI="http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_MD5="60df6a37c56e7c1366cca812414f7b85"
 REVISION="1"
 STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
+DEPEND="cmake"
 BUILD {
 	cd zlib-1.2.7
 	sed -i 's/share\/man/documentation\/man/' CMakeLists.txt