diff --git a/mariadb-connector-c.spec b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
index a7fe044..cdfcfe0 100644
--- a/mariadb-connector-c.spec
+++ b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           mariadb-connector-c
 Version:        3.0.9
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver)
 License:        LGPLv2+
 Source:         https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/connector-c-%{version}/mariadb-connector-c-%{version}-src.tar.gz
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ developed in C/C++ to MariaDB and MySQL databases.
 %package devel
 Summary:        Development files for mariadb-connector-c
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       openssl-devel
+Requires:       openssl-devel zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:  multilib-rpm-config
 
 %description devel
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ end
 #   https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-234
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 29 2019 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 3.0.9-3
+- Add "zlib-devel" requirement in "-devel" subpackage. MariaDB requires
+  linking with "-lz", which will fail without the zlib library
+- Related: #1693966
+
 * Mon Feb 18 2019 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 3.0.9-2
 - Fix plugindir issues
   Resolves: #1624533