diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/advancecomp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/advancecomp/package.py
index b429ceda914..149ff1bdb2e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/advancecomp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/advancecomp/package.py
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ class Advancecomp(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('automake',  type='build')
     depends_on('libtool',   type='build')
     depends_on('m4',        type='build')
+    depends_on('zlib',      type='link')