diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index e37f061fd32a..daa481824d9c 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