diff --git a/magic/Makefile b/magic/Makefile
index 62a5815b..b818ec58 100644
--- a/magic/Makefile
+++ b/magic/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DEST_XBM = $(BITMAPS:%=$(DESTDIR)${INSTALL_TCLDIR}/bitmaps/%)
 
 DFLAGS += -DMAGIC_DATE="\"`date`\"" -DCAD_DIR="${LIBDIR}"
 LIBS   += ${GR_LIBS} ${READLINE_LIBS} -lm ${LD_EXTRA_LIBS} \
-		${OA_LIBS} ${TOP_EXTRA_LIBS}
+		${OA_LIBS} ${ZLIB_FLAG} ${TOP_EXTRA_LIBS}
 CLEANS += tclmagic${SHDLIB_EXT} libtclmagic${SHDLIB_EXT}.a proto.magicrc
 
 main: magic proto.magicrc
diff --git a/scripts/configure b/scripts/configure
index fed71267..9b341cb4 100755
--- a/scripts/configure
+++ b/scripts/configure
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ LIB_SPECS_GRNULL
 LIB_SPECS_NOSTUB
 LIB_SPECS
 INC_SPECS
+ZLIB_FLAG
 EXTRA_LIB_SPECS
 SHLIB_LIB_SPECS
 LDDL_FLAGS
@@ -5043,6 +5044,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+ZLIB_FLAG=""
 if test "x$enable_compression" = "xyes" ; then
    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for gzopen in -lz" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for gzopen in -lz... " >&6; }
@@ -5082,8 +5084,11 @@ fi
 $as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_z_gzopen" >&6; }
 if test "x$ac_cv_lib_z_gzopen" = xyes; then :
 
+
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_ZLIB 1" >>confdefs.h
 
+    	ZLIB_FLAG=" -lz"
+
 fi
 
 fi
@@ -8246,6 +8251,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
 fi
 
 if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
diff --git a/scripts/configure.in b/scripts/configure.in
index 97dbb01d..cac7b9fd 100644
--- a/scripts/configure.in
+++ b/scripts/configure.in
@@ -185,8 +185,12 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(compression,
 [enable_compression=yes])
 
 dnl Check for zlib
+ZLIB_FLAG=""
 if test "x$enable_compression" = "xyes" ; then
-   AC_CHECK_LIB([z],[gzopen],[AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ZLIB],[1],["zlib compression"])])  
+   AC_CHECK_LIB([z],[gzopen],[
+	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ZLIB],[1],["zlib compression"])
+    	ZLIB_FLAG=" -lz"
+   ])  
 fi
 
 dnl Check for some C99 functions  
@@ -1759,6 +1763,7 @@ if test $usingTcl ; then
 
   AC_SUBST(EXTRA_LIB_SPECS)
   AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(ZLIB_FLAG)
   AC_SUBST(INC_SPECS)
   AC_SUBST(LIB_SPECS)
   AC_SUBST(LIB_SPECS_NOSTUB)
diff --git a/scripts/defs.mak.in b/scripts/defs.mak.in
index 3b155a0a..7aa921fc 100755
--- a/scripts/defs.mak.in
+++ b/scripts/defs.mak.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ MCPP		       = @MCPP@
 MSED		       = @MSED@
 RANLIB                 = @RANLIB@
 SHDLIB_EXT             = @SHDLIB_EXT@
-LDDL_FLAGS             = ${LDFLAGS} @LDDL_FLAGS@
+ZLIB_FLAG              = @ZLIB_FLAG@
 LD_RUN_PATH	       = @LD_RUN_PATH@
 LIB_SPECS	       = @LIB_SPECS@
 LIB_SPECS_NOSTUB       = @LIB_SPECS_NOSTUB@
diff --git a/tcltk/Makefile b/tcltk/Makefile
index 0248bb70..10dd8087 100644
--- a/tcltk/Makefile
+++ b/tcltk/Makefile
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ install-tcl: magicexec magicdnull ${BIN_FILES} ${TCL_FILES}
 
 magicexec: magicexec.c ${MAGICDIR}/defs.mak
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${DFLAGS_NOSTUB} ${LDFLAGS} magicexec.c \
-		-o magicexec ${LD_RUN_PATH} ${LIB_SPECS_NOSTUB} ${LIBS} \
-		${GR_LIBS}
+		-o magicexec ${LD_RUN_PATH} ${LIB_SPECS_NOSTUB} ${ZLIB_FLAG} \
+		${LIBS} ${GR_LIBS}
 
 magicdnull: magicdnull.c ${MAGICDIR}/defs.mak
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${DFLAGS_NOSTUB} ${LDFLAGS} magicdnull.c \
-		-o magicdnull ${LD_RUN_PATH} ${LIB_SPECS_GRNULL} ${LIBS}
+		-o magicdnull ${LD_RUN_PATH} ${LIB_SPECS_GRNULL} ${ZLIB_FLAG} \
+		${LIBS}
 
 magic.tcl: magic.tcl.in ${MAGICDIR}/defs.mak ${MAGICDIR}/VERSION
 	sed -e /MAGIC_VERSION/s%MAGIC_VERSION%${MAGIC_VERSION}%g \