diff --git a/sqlite.spec b/sqlite.spec
index 43c1a968c43..de90c8ce719 100644
--- a/sqlite.spec
+++ b/sqlite.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 ### RPM external sqlite 3.22.0
 Source: https://www.sqlite.org/2018/sqlite-autoconf-3220000.tar.gz
+Requires: zlib
 
 %prep
 %setup -n sqlite-autoconf-3220000
 
 %build
 ./configure --build="%{_build}" --host="%{_host}" --prefix=%{i} \
-            --disable-static --disable-dependency-tracking
+            --disable-static --disable-dependency-tracking \
+            CPPFLAGS="-I$ZLIB_ROOT/include" LDFLAGS="-L$ZLIB_ROOT/lib"
 make %{makeprocesses}
 
 %install