diff --git a/qtimageformats/src/imageformats/configure.json b/qtimageformats/src/imageformats/configure.json
index 5b876c3..f2fa1cc 100644
--- a/qtimageformats/src/imageformats/configure.json
+++ b/qtimageformats/src/imageformats/configure.json
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
             },
             "sources": [
                 { "type": "pkgConfig", "args": "libtiff-4" },
-                { "libs": "-ltiff" }
+                { "libs": "-ltiff  -lzlibstatic" }
             ]
         },
         "webp": {