diff --git a/recipes/libxml/libxml2-native.inc b/recipes/libxml/libxml2-native.inc
index b819f95..c9c5092 100644
--- a/recipes/libxml/libxml2-native.inc
+++ b/recipes/libxml/libxml2-native.inc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "\
   --with-catalog \
   --without-docbook \
   --with-c14n \
+  --with-zlib=${STAGING_INCDIR}/zlib.h \ 
 "
 
 do_stage () {