diff --git a/package/gdal/gdal.mk b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
index 3104332db9..247e13663c 100644
--- a/package/gdal/gdal.mk
+++ b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ else
 GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_LIBXML2=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBZLIB),y)
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_DEFLATE64=ON
+else
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_DEFLATE64=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL),y)
 GDAL_DEPENDENCIES += postgresql
 GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_POSTGRESQL=ON