diff --git a/docker/dockerfile-build-centos b/docker/dockerfile-build-centos
index 12a721d91..a924c6038 100644
--- a/docker/dockerfile-build-centos
+++ b/docker/dockerfile-build-centos
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ RUN yum install -y \
     libcxx-devel \
     boost-devel \
     numactl-libs \
-    rpm-build \ 
+    rpm-build \
+    zlib-devel \ 
     deltarpm
 
 RUN echo '#!/bin/bash' | tee /etc/profile.d/devtoolset7.sh && echo \
diff --git a/docker/dockerfile-build-fedora b/docker/dockerfile-build-fedora
index 8133a53a7..8748a9870 100644
--- a/docker/dockerfile-build-fedora
+++ b/docker/dockerfile-build-fedora
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ RUN dnf -y update && dnf install -y \
     libcxx-devel \
     rpm-build \
     boost-devel \
+    zlib-devel \
     && \
     dnf -y clean all
 
diff --git a/docker/dockerfile-build-ubuntu-rock b/docker/dockerfile-build-ubuntu-rock
index 406bcfb13..49cee3bb7 100644
--- a/docker/dockerfile-build-ubuntu-rock
+++ b/docker/dockerfile-build-ubuntu-rock
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-ins
     gfortran \
     libboost-program-options-dev \
     libnuma1 \
+    zlib1g-dev \
     && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 87fc1a4a6..2cac31b60 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -122,16 +122,16 @@ install_packages( )
   local library_dependencies_ubuntu=( "make" "cmake-curses-gui" "pkg-config"
                                       "python2.7" "python3" "python-yaml" "python3-yaml"
                                       "llvm-6.0-dev"
-                                      "hip_hcc" "rocm_smi64" )
+                                      "hip_hcc" "rocm_smi64" "zlib1g-dev")
   local library_dependencies_centos=( "epel-release"
                                       "make" "cmake3" "rpm-build"
                                       "python34" "PyYAML" "python3*-PyYAML"
                                       "gcc-c++" "llvm7.0-devel" "llvm7.0-static"
-                                      "hip_hcc" "rocm_smi64" )
+                                      "hip_hcc" "rocm_smi64" "zlib-devel" )
   local library_dependencies_fedora=( "make" "cmake" "rpm-build"
                                       "python34" "PyYAML" "python3*-PyYAML"
                                       "gcc-c++" "libcxx-devel"
-                                      "hip_hcc" "rocm_smi64" )
+                                      "hip_hcc" "rocm_smi64" "zlib-devel" )
 
   if [[ "${build_cuda}" == true ]]; then
     # Ideally, this could be cuda-cublas-dev, but the package name has a version number in it