diff --git a/docker/djgpp/mes_djgpp.sh b/docker/djgpp/mes_djgpp.sh
index 480e2cc4c..61d4351fd 100755
--- a/docker/djgpp/mes_djgpp.sh
+++ b/docker/djgpp/mes_djgpp.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ meson /tmp/builddir --cross-file cross/linux-djgpp.txt \
 -Dbacktrace=false \
 -Dbittorrent=false \
 -Dbrotli=true \
--Dbzlib=false \
+-Dbzlib=true \
 -Dcgi=false \
 -Dcss=false \
 -Dcombining=false \
diff --git a/docker/djgpp/mes_djgpp_js.sh b/docker/djgpp/mes_djgpp_js.sh
index ea1a014cf..6029a9612 100755
--- a/docker/djgpp/mes_djgpp_js.sh
+++ b/docker/djgpp/mes_djgpp_js.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ meson /tmp/builddir2 --cross-file cross/linux-djgpp.txt \
 -Dbacktrace=false \
 -Dbittorrent=false \
 -Dbrotli=true \
--Dbzlib=false \
+-Dbzlib=true \
 -Dcgi=false \
 -Dcss=false \
 -Dcombining=false \