diff --git a/db-benchmark-test-cxx/Makefile b/db-benchmark-test-cxx/Makefile
index c7e437ac010..4ecea9027b7 100644
--- a/db-benchmark-test-cxx/Makefile
+++ b/db-benchmark-test-cxx/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ clean:
 
 db-benchmark-test-tokudb: ../lib/libtokudb_cxx.a
 db-benchmark-test-tokudb: db-benchmark-test.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -I../include -L../lib -Wl,-rpath,$(PWD)/../lib $< -o $@ -ltokudb -ltokudb_cxx -DDIRSUF=tokudb
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -I../include -L../lib -Wl,-rpath,$(PWD)/../lib $< -o $@ -ltokudb -ltokudb_cxx -lz -DDIRSUF=tokudb
 
 db-benchmark-test-bdb: db-benchmark-test.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(BDB_CPPFLAGS) $(BDB_LDFLAGS)                      $< -o $@ -DDIRSUF=bdb
diff --git a/db-benchmark-test/Makefile b/db-benchmark-test/Makefile
index fd8353a0ea4..9fa9f3b2137 100644
--- a/db-benchmark-test/Makefile
+++ b/db-benchmark-test/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ OPTFLAGS = -O2
 CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -g $(OPTFLAGS) $(GCOV_FLAGS) $(PROF_FLAGS)
 # CFLAGS += -pg
 
+LDFLAGS += -lpthread
 ifdef BDBDIR
 BDB_CPPFLAGS = -I$(BDBDIR)/include
 BDB_LDFLAGS = -L$(BDBDIR)/lib -ldb -lpthread -Wl,-rpath,$(BDBDIR)/lib
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ BDB_CPPFLAGS =
 BDB_LDFLAGS = -ldb
 endif
 TDB_CPPFLAGS = -I../include
-TDB_LDFLAGS = -L../lib -ltokudb -Wl,-rpath,$(PWD)/../lib
+TDB_LDFLAGS = -L../lib -ltokudb -lz -Wl,-rpath,$(PWD)/../lib
 
 TARGET_BDB = db-benchmark-test-bdb
 TARGET_TDB = db-benchmark-test-tokudb
diff --git a/src/lock_tree/tests/Makefile b/src/lock_tree/tests/Makefile
index 5a03c6b2397..987b5867dca 100644
--- a/src/lock_tree/tests/Makefile
+++ b/src/lock_tree/tests/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ CFLAGS += -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align -Waggregate-return
 CFLAGS += -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-format-attribute 
 CPPFLAGS += -L../ -L../../range_tree 
 CPPFLAGS += -I. -I../ -I../../range_tree -I../../../newbrt -I../../../include
+LDFLAGS += -lz
 
 
 SRCS = $(wildcard *.c)
@@ -118,13 +119,13 @@ foo:
 	echo ../locktree.h test.h $(LT_LINEAR)
 
 %.lin: %.c ../locktree.h test.h $(LT_LINEAR)
-	$(CC) -DDIR=\"dir.$<.lin\"  $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LT_LINEAR)  $(NEWBRT_BINS)
+	$(CC) -DDIR=\"dir.$<.lin\"  $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LT_LINEAR)  $(NEWBRT_BINS) $(LDFLAGS)
 %.tlin: %.c ../locktree.h test.h $(LT_TLINEAR)
-	$(CC) -DDIR=\"dir.$<.tlin\" $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LT_TLINEAR) $(NEWBRT_BINS) -DTOKU_RT_NOOVERLAPS
+	$(CC) -DDIR=\"dir.$<.tlin\" $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LT_TLINEAR) $(NEWBRT_BINS) -DTOKU_RT_NOOVERLAPS $(LDFLAGS)
 %.tlog: %.c ../locktree.h test.h $(LT_TLOG)
-	$(CC) -DDIR=\"dir.$<.tlog\" $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LT_TLOG)    $(NEWBRT_BINS) -DTOKU_RT_NOOVERLAPS
+	$(CC) -DDIR=\"dir.$<.tlog\" $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LT_TLOG)    $(NEWBRT_BINS) -DTOKU_RT_NOOVERLAPS $(LDFLAGS)
 %.log: %.c ../locktree.h test.h  $(LT_LOG)
-	$(CC) -DDIR=\"dir.$<.log\"  $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LT_LOG)     $(NEWBRT_BINS)
+	$(CC) -DDIR=\"dir.$<.log\"  $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LT_LOG)     $(NEWBRT_BINS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(ALL_TESTS) *.o *.gcno *.gcda *.gcov
diff --git a/src/tests/Makefile b/src/tests/Makefile
index 54ab49efb16..dc4168ec3f9 100644
--- a/src/tests/Makefile
+++ b/src/tests/Makefile
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ endif
   BDB_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath,$(BDBDIR)/lib
  endif
  BDB_LDFLAGS += -lpthread
- TDB_LOADLIBES = -L.. -ltokudb -Wl,-rpath,.. -lpthread
- TDB_TRACELOADLIBES = -L.. -ltokudbtrace -Wl,-rpath,.. -lpthread
+ TDB_LOADLIBES = -L.. -ltokudb -Wl,-rpath,.. -lpthread -lz
+ TDB_TRACELOADLIBES = -L.. -ltokudbtrace -Wl,-rpath,.. -lpthread -lz
 
 ifeq ($(VGRIND),)
   BDB_SUPPRESSIONS =
diff --git a/utils/Makefile b/utils/Makefile
index f6f3366dabe..80370aa136c 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ else
  SETTOKUENV=
  UNSETTOKUENV=
 endif
-LDFLAGS = -L../lib -ltokudb -lpthread $(TDB_LOADLIBES)
+LDFLAGS = -L../lib -ltokudb -lpthread $(TDB_LOADLIBES) -lz
 
 # vars to compile bins that handle tokudb using libtokudb.a
 STATIC_CPPFLAGS = -I../include