diff --git a/ModelOptimizations/DlCompression/CMakeLists.txt b/ModelOptimizations/DlCompression/CMakeLists.txt
index dd8b857502..28bc398a0f 100644
--- a/ModelOptimizations/DlCompression/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ModelOptimizations/DlCompression/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ target_link_libraries(MoDlCompression PUBLIC
     pybind11
     ${LAPACKE_LINK_LIBRARIES}
     ${OPENCV_LINK_LIBRARIES}
+    z
     )
 
 target_compile_options(MoDlCompression
diff --git a/ModelOptimizations/DlEqualization/CMakeLists.txt b/ModelOptimizations/DlEqualization/CMakeLists.txt
index 7be4d7a66d..5fa9a3e3d1 100644
--- a/ModelOptimizations/DlEqualization/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ModelOptimizations/DlEqualization/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ target_include_directories(MoDlEqualization
 target_link_libraries(MoDlEqualization PUBLIC
     pybind11
     ${OPENCV_LINK_LIBRARIES}
+    z
     )
 
 target_compile_options(MoDlEqualization
diff --git a/ModelOptimizations/PyModelOptimizations/CMakeLists.txt b/ModelOptimizations/PyModelOptimizations/CMakeLists.txt
index 484b66da86..a190426925 100644
--- a/ModelOptimizations/PyModelOptimizations/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ModelOptimizations/PyModelOptimizations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ target_link_libraries(PyModelOptimizations PUBLIC
         MoDlEqualization
         MoDlCompression
         ${OPENCV_LINK_LIBRARIES}
+        z
         )
 
 if (ENABLE_CUDA)