diff --git a/anda/apps/spacedrive/spacedrive.spec b/anda/apps/spacedrive/spacedrive.spec
index 1b4ea4dcf8..382fc7275f 100644
--- a/anda/apps/spacedrive/spacedrive.spec
+++ b/anda/apps/spacedrive/spacedrive.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ License:		AGPL-3.0
 URL:			https://spacedrive.com
 Source0:		https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/archive/refs/tags/%version.tar.gz
 Requires:		ffmpeg libheif gtk3 webkit2gtk4.1 pango gdk-pixbuf2 cairo libsoup glib2
-BuildRequires:	pnpm clang git-core pkgconfig(openssl)
+BuildRequires:	pnpm clang git-core pkgconfig(openssl) pkgconfig(zlib)
 
 %description
 Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file manager, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem (VDFS) written in Rust.