diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9abeb4ae..a0999e99 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ categories = ["asynchronous", "database"]
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1.0"
 crossbeam = "0.8.1"
-flate2 = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+flate2 = { version = "1.0", features = ["zlib"], default-features = false }
 futures-core = "0.3"
 futures-util = "0.3"
 futures-sink = "0.3"