diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index e37f061fd32a71e63aedaf0cb918c710c9c8a60f..daa481824d9c9a68438d097ec4bedd9c2114dc2e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ config LZO_DECOMPRESS
 # ZLIB_INFLATE; DECOMPRESS_GZIP is just a wrapper.)
 #
 config DECOMPRESS_GZIP
+	select ZLIB_INFLATE
 	tristate
 
 config DECOMPRESS_BZIP2