diff --git a/package/wget/wget.mk b/package/wget/wget.mk
index 1081bb99aa..719e2dad9d 100644
--- a/package/wget/wget.mk
+++ b/package/wget/wget.mk
@@ -30,4 +30,11 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID),y)
 WGET_DEPENDENCIES += util-linux
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
+WGET_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib
+WGET_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
+else
+WGET_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))