diff --git a/package/python-werkzeug/Config.in b/package/python-werkzeug/Config.in
index 2097d6e34..79e9a4561 100644
--- a/package/python-werkzeug/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-werkzeug/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_WERKZEUG
 	bool "python-werkzeug"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 # runtime
 	help
 	  Werkzeug is a WSGI utility library for Python. It's widely
 	  used and BSD licensed.