diff -Naur matio-1.3.3/src/Makefile.am matio-1.3.3.tpg/src/Makefile.am
--- matio-1.3.3/src/Makefile.am	2008-05-18 21:45:41.000000000 +0000
+++ matio-1.3.3.tpg/src/Makefile.am	2008-11-09 16:39:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.8 no-dependencies
 VPATH = @srcdir@
 
-AM_CFLAGS  = -I. $(ZLIB_CFLAGS)
+AM_CFLAGS  = -I. $(ZLIB_CFLAGS) -lz
 AM_LDFLAGS =
 
 if HAVE_ZLIB
diff -Naur matio-1.3.3/src/Makefile.in matio-1.3.3.tpg/src/Makefile.in
--- matio-1.3.3/src/Makefile.in	2008-06-02 17:11:13.000000000 +0000
+++ matio-1.3.3.tpg/src/Makefile.in	2008-11-09 16:33:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	"$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)"
 libLTLIBRARIES_INSTALL = $(INSTALL)
 LTLIBRARIES = $(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
-libmatio_la_LIBADD =
+libmatio_la_LIBADD = -lz
 am__libmatio_la_SOURCES_DIST = snprintf.c endian.c io.c inflate.c \
 	read_data.c mat5.c mat4.c mat.c fortran/matio_internal.c \
 	fortran/matio.f90