diff --git a/package/utils/ucode/Makefile b/package/utils/ucode/Makefile
index a6dba0cd7d..6e6fc64a68 100644
--- a/package/utils/ucode/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/ucode/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ CMAKE_HOST_OPTIONS += \
 	-DULOOP_SUPPORT=OFF \
 	-DDEBUG_SUPPORT=ON \
 	-DLOG_SUPPORT=OFF \
+	-DZLIB_SUPPORT=ON \
 	-DDIGEST_SUPPORT=OFF
 
 
@@ -188,6 +189,10 @@ $(eval $(call UcodeModule, \
 	io, IO_SUPPORT, , \
 	The io module allows direct file descriptor read/write (including non-blocking).))
 
+$(eval $(call UcodeModule, \
+	zlib, ZLIB_SUPPORT, +zlib, \
+	The zlib module allows ucode scripts to de/compress gzip and zlib formats.))
+
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libucode))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,ucode))