diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 1c581891..f225e80b 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -2459,6 +2459,8 @@ for i in $LIBXAPIAN ; do
     esac
 done
 LIBXAPIAN=$tmpxaplib
+# Also recent xapian libs need lz even when they think they don't...
+LIBXAPIAN="$LIBXAPIAN -lz"
 XAPIANCXXFLAGS=`$XAPIAN_CONFIG --cxxflags`
 
 #echo XAPIAN_CONFIG: $XAPIAN_CONFIG
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index d1319416..6cdfc185 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ for i in $LIBXAPIAN ; do
     esac
 done
 LIBXAPIAN=$tmpxaplib
+# Also recent xapian libs need lz even when they think they don't...
+LIBXAPIAN="$LIBXAPIAN -lz"
 XAPIANCXXFLAGS=`$XAPIAN_CONFIG --cxxflags`
 
 #echo XAPIAN_CONFIG: $XAPIAN_CONFIG