diff --git a/packages/extras-buildpkgs/90-sunxi-tools.conf b/packages/extras-buildpkgs/90-sunxi-tools.conf
index 9a60cf6bfe..31ddb0b07b 100644
--- a/packages/extras-buildpkgs/90-sunxi-tools.conf
+++ b/packages/extras-buildpkgs/90-sunxi-tools.conf
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 local package_name="sunxi-tools"
 local package_repo="https://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-tools.git"
 local package_ref="branch:master"
-local package_upstream_version="1.4.2-1"
-local package_builddeps="libusb-1.0-0-dev ruby binutils-arm-none-eabi pkg-config u-boot-tools"
+local package_upstream_version="1.4.2-2"
+local package_builddeps="libusb-1.0-0-dev ruby binutils-arm-none-eabi pkg-config u-boot-tools zlib1g-dev"
 local package_install_target="sunxi-tools"
 local package_component="${release}-utils"
 
diff --git a/packages/extras-buildpkgs/sunxi-tools/debian/control b/packages/extras-buildpkgs/sunxi-tools/debian/control
index 7eb3eec561..65b24c48ea 100644
--- a/packages/extras-buildpkgs/sunxi-tools/debian/control
+++ b/packages/extras-buildpkgs/sunxi-tools/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ian Campbell <ijc@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), pkg-config, libusb-1.0-0-dev, u-boot-tools,
-  ruby, binutils-arm-none-eabi
+  ruby, binutils-arm-none-eabi, zlib1g-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/sunxi-tools.git
 Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/sunxi-tools.git