diff --git a/jitterbug/jitterbug.spec b/jitterbug/jitterbug.spec
index 4fd12e2744..8820056791 100644
--- a/jitterbug/jitterbug.spec
+++ b/jitterbug/jitterbug.spec
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     CC="%{l_cc}" \
     CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O} -I%{l_prefix}/include" \
     LDFLAGS="-L%{l_prefix}/lib" \
+    LIBS="-L%{l_prefix}/lib -lz" \
     ./configure \
         --prefix=%{l_prefix} \
         --sysconfdir=%{l_prefix}/etc/jitterbug