diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/di/dia/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/di/dia/package.nix
index 6331ed8b496b..fbb11047880d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/di/dia/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/di/dia/package.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     [
       graphene
       gtk3
-      libxml2
+      (libxml2.override { zlibSupport = true; })
       python3
       poppler
     ]