diff --git a/podman/redox-base-containerfile b/podman/redox-base-containerfile
index 8a96aff..ffcacd0 100644
--- a/podman/redox-base-containerfile
+++ b/podman/redox-base-containerfile
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ RUN useradd --create-home --no-log-init --uid _UID_ poduser \
 		xdg-utils \
 		xxd \
 		zip \
+		zlib1g-dev \
 		zstd
-