diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
index 63ea9481a9..af5037b557 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
+Add_dependency run zlib-devel
 Add_dependency run pcre-devel
 Add_dependency run glib
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index c71a7651f3..6006b8017f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
-version=2.22.5
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/2.22/glib-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=2.24.0
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/2.24/glib-$version.tar.bz2"
 configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="The GNU library of C routines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=802be9c9ffeb631725ffd6ed35af0af309776729a7fab4fcb48f2b0b8fe7245b
+checksum=7b6aa2cf21e734a6092a711bf196b8d2ddc589b971f93337610c10fa4f23400d
 long_desc="
  GLib is a library containing many useful C routines for things such
  as trees, hashes, lists and strings. It is a useful general purpose
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ long_desc="
 
 subpackages="glib-devel"
 Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run zlib
 Add_dependency run pcre
 Add_dependency build gettext
 Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build zlib-devel
 Add_dependency build pcre-devel