diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 517a51bba..189d51ebc 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ sipwise/usrloc-don-t-synchronize-on-destroy-for-DB_ONLY.patch
 sipwise/presence_offline_cleanup.patch
 ### active development
 sipwise/dlg_get_var_error_more_verbose_on_dlg
+sipwise/tlsa_dynamic_linking_libz.patch
 
 ### Don't just put stuff in any order
 ### use gbp pq import/export tooling to help maintain patches
diff --git a/debian/patches/sipwise/tlsa_dynamic_linking_libz.patch b/debian/patches/sipwise/tlsa_dynamic_linking_libz.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a3c6a374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/sipwise/tlsa_dynamic_linking_libz.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/modules/tlsa/Makefile
++++ b/src/modules/tlsa/Makefile
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ else
+ 		DEFS += -I$(LIBSSL_STATIC_SRCPATH)/include
+ 	endif
+ 	LIBS += $(LIBSSL_STATIC_SRCPATH)/libssl.a $(LIBSSL_STATIC_SRCPATH)/libcrypto.a \
+-			 -l:libz.a -ldl
++			 -lz -ldl
+ endif # ifneq ($(LIBSSL_STATIC_SRCLIB),yes)
+ 
+ else # ifneq ($(SSL_BUILDER),)