diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 23ff3d5680..838c1087a3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ AC_SUBST(PA_LIBS)
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_ZRTP],[test "x$enable_zrtp" != "xno"])
 
-
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WANT_DEBUG],[test "${enable_debug}" = "yes"])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(core-odbc-support,     
@@ -363,6 +362,11 @@ if test "$ac_cv_found_odbc" = "yes" ; then
   enable_core_odbc_support="yes"
 fi
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(z, inflateReset, have_libz=yes, have_libz=no)
+if test "x$have_libz" = "xyes"  ; then
+APR_ADDTO(SWITCH_AM_LDFLAGS, -lz)
+fi
+
 ESL_LDFLAGS=
 PLATFORM_CORE_DEPLIBS=
 # tweak platform specific flags