diff --git a/package/python-tornado/Config.in b/package/python-tornado/Config.in
index c127d0e14..870a3dece 100644
--- a/package/python-tornado/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-tornado/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TORNADO
 	bool "python-tornado"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ZLIB
 	help
 	  Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking
 	  library, originally developed at FriendFeed.