diff --git a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
index e33c03e0fd..930987ec2b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 subpackages="bsdtar bsdcpio $pkgname-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--without-xml2 --without-nettle"
-makedepends="acl-devel openssl-devel liblzma-devel expat-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel acl-devel openssl-devel liblzma-devel expat-devel"
 short_desc="Library to read/write several different streaming archive formats"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.libarchive.org/"