diff --git a/mozilla/xpinstall/src/Makefile.in b/mozilla/xpinstall/src/Makefile.in
index 635512732ff..4efe4fdd7af 100644
--- a/mozilla/xpinstall/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/mozilla/xpinstall/src/Makefile.in
@@ -65,5 +65,7 @@ CPPSRCS = \
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/../public
 
+EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS = $(ZLIB_LIBS)
+
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk