diff --git a/packages/gnupg/gpgv.subpackage.sh b/packages/gnupg/gpgv.subpackage.sh
index 9951771d0..49b51a20f 100644
--- a/packages/gnupg/gpgv.subpackage.sh
+++ b/packages/gnupg/gpgv.subpackage.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ TERMUX_SUBPKG_INCLUDE="bin/gpgv share/man/man1/gpgv.1.gz"
 TERMUX_SUBPKG_DESCRIPTION="GNU privacy guard - signature verification tool"
 # Conflict with older gnupg package before splitting out gpgv:
 TERMUX_SUBPKG_CONFLICTS="gnupg (<= 1.4.21)"
-TERMUX_SUBPKG_DEPENDS="libbz2, libgcrypt, libgpg-error"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_DEPENDS="libbz2, libgcrypt, libgpg-error,zlib"