diff --git a/nix/build-all.py b/nix/build-all.py
index 4faed1b54a..52ba92c287 100644
--- a/nix/build-all.py
+++ b/nix/build-all.py
@@ -75,19 +75,19 @@ Used environment variables:
 #                                                                             #
 #   for python37 to install correctly additionally:                           #
 #     * libffi(-dev[el])                                                      #
-#   for Python build we also needs ssl                                        #
+#   for Python build we also needs ssl and zlib                               #
 #   (since we do `pip install numpy` at the end)                              #
 #     * libssl-dev                                                            #
 #                                                                             #
 #     on debian 7.8 these can be obtained with:                               #
 #          $ apt-get install git gcc g++ autoconf bison bzip2 cmake           #
 #            mesa-common-dev libffi-dev libfontconfig1-dev                    #
-#            libssl-dev xz                                                    #
+#            libssl-dev xz zlib1g-dev                                         #
 #                                                                             #
 #     on ubuntu 14.04:                                                        #
 #          $ apt-get install git gcc g++ autoconf bison make cmake            #
 #            mesa-common-dev libffi-dev libfontconfig1-dev                    #
-#            libssl-dev xz-utils                                              #
+#            libssl-dev xz-utils zlib1g-dev                                   #
 #                                                                             #
 #     on OS X El Capitan with homebrew:                                       #
 #          $ brew install git bison autoconf automake libffi cmake            #