diff --git a/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/kmod_core.c b/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/kmod_core.c
--- a/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/kmod_core.c
+++ b/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/kmod_core.c
@@ -329,3 +329,4 @@
 #endif
 MODULE_DEPEND(zfsctrl, acl_nfs4, 1, 1, 1);
 MODULE_DEPEND(zfsctrl, crypto, 1, 1, 1);
+MODULE_DEPEND(zfsctrl, zlib, 1, 1, 1);