diff --git a/package/python-django/Config.in b/package/python-django/Config.in
index 5830cadc93..c236a6dc0b 100644
--- a/package/python-django/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-django/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_DJANGO
 	bool "python-django"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UNICODEDATA
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYEXPAT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ASGIREF # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SQLPARSE # runtime
 	help