diff --git a/package/python-scipy/Config.in b/package/python-scipy/Config.in
index 0fa6c9e311..229b5997ad 100644
--- a/package/python-scipy/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-scipy/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SCIPY
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_FORTRAN # lapack
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LAPACK
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB # runtime scipy::io
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB # runtime scipy::io
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_NUMPY # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYBIND
 	help