--- a/package/utils/ucode/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/ucode/Makefile
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@
 	uloop, ULOOP_SUPPORT, +libubox, \
 	The uloop module allows ucode scripts to interact with OpenWrt uloop event loop implementation.))
 
+$(eval $(call UcodeModule, \
+	zlib, ZLIB_SUPPORT, +zlib, \
+	The zlib plugin implements compression.))
+
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libucode))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,ucode))