diff --git a/jgit.spec b/jgit.spec
index 01f6f5b..1aca435 100644
--- a/jgit.spec
+++ b/jgit.spec
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires:  mvn(org.tukaani:xz)
 # Runtime requirements
 Requires:       bouncycastle >= 1.63
 Requires:       apache-sshd >= 1:2.2.0
+Requires:       jzlib
 
 %description
 A pure Java implementation of the Git version control system and command