diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
index 03646b340b83..f4fd53210287 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ let
           glibc
           # required by at least https://github.com/zed-industries/package-version-server
           openssl
+          # required by at least the Codex CLI agent
+          libcap
+          zlib
         ])
         ++ additionalPkgs pkgs;