diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp.go b/rtmp/rtmp.go
index 37c435d0..7a885bd5 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ package rtmp
 
 /*
 #cgo CFLAGS: -I/usr/local/include/librtmp
-#cgo LDFLAGS: -lrtmp -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib
+#cgo LDFLAGS: -lrtmp -lz -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <rtmp.h>