diff --git a/actix-http/CHANGES.md b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
index c8d1b2ae8da..2b55dc6dbfb 100644
--- a/actix-http/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [0.2.10] - unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Add flate2/libc feature for flate2-zlib to fix compliation issue
+
 ## [0.2.9] - 2019-08-13
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index 79d7117b4bd..3b4378770d6 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rust-tls = ["rustls", "webpki-roots", "actix-connect/rust-tls"]
 brotli = ["brotli2"]
 
 # miniz-sys backend for flate2 crate
-flate2-zlib = ["flate2/miniz-sys"]
+flate2-zlib = ["flate2/miniz-sys", "flate2/libc"]
 
 # rust backend for flate2 crate
 flate2-rust = ["flate2/rust_backend"]