diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/ELF/compression.s b/llvm/test/MC/ELF/compression.s
index 0293a3c9c575..b5ba2624f8ac 100644
--- a/llvm/test/MC/ELF/compression.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/ELF/compression.s
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -compress-debug-sections -triple x86_64-pc-linux-gnu %s -o - | llvm-objdump -s - | FileCheck %s
 
+// REQUIRES: zlib
+
 // CHECK: Contents of section .zdebug_line:
 // Check for the 'ZLIB' file magic at the start of the section
 // CHECK-NEXT: ZLIB