diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb
index 662261b1cb..79a3f083b6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ VER = "8.6.1"
 
 inherit autotools ptest
 
-DEPENDS_class-native = ""
+DEPENDS_class-native = "zlib-native"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--enable-threads --disable-rpath --libdir=${libdir}"