diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6f184b6f..39602b53f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ libraries need to be available:
 * [Mustache](https://github.com/kainjow/Mustache) (Just copy the
 header `mustache.hpp` somewhere it can be found by the compiler and/or
 set CPPFLAGS with correct `-I` option). Use Mustache version 3 only.
+* [libcurl](https://curl.se/libcurl) (`libcurl4-gnutls-dev`, `libcurl4-nss-dev` or `libcurl4-openssl-dev` on Ubuntu)
+* [microhttpd](https://www.gnu.org/software/libmicrohttpd) (package `libmicrohttpd-dev` on Ubuntu)
+* [zlib](https://zlib.net/) (package `zlib1g-dev` on Ubuntu)
 
 The following dependency needs to be available at runtime:
 * [Aria2](https://aria2.github.io/) (package `aria2` on Ubuntu)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 51da0d124..184232a84 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version : '>=6.1.8', static:static_deps)
 pugixml_dep = dependency('pugixml', static:static_deps)
 libcurl_dep = dependency('libcurl', static:static_deps)
 microhttpd_dep = dependency('libmicrohttpd', static:static_deps)
+zlib_dep = dependency('zlib', static:static_deps)
 
 if compiler.has_header('mustache.hpp')
   extra_include = []
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ if target_machine.system() == 'windows' and static_deps
   extra_cflags += '-DCURL_STATICLIB'
 endif
 
-all_deps = [thread_dep, libicu_dep, libzim_dep, pugixml_dep, libcurl_dep, microhttpd_dep]
+all_deps = [thread_dep, libicu_dep, libzim_dep, pugixml_dep, libcurl_dep, microhttpd_dep, zlib_dep]
 
 inc = include_directories('include', extra_include)