diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 9ba2e21305a..6394add9483 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ in
         # The configure script doesn't correctly add library link
         # flags, so we add them to the variable used by the Makefile
         # when linking.
-        MYSQLND_SHARED_LIBADD = "-lssl -lcrypto -lz";
+        MYSQLND_SHARED_LIBADD = "-lssl -lcrypto";
         # The configure script builds a config.h which is never
         # included. Let's include it in the main header file
         # included by all .c-files.
@@ -1002,6 +1002,18 @@ in
                +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
                | Copyright (c) The PHP Group                                          |
           '')
+          (pkgs.writeText "mysqlnd_fix_compression.patch" ''
+            --- a/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.h
+            +++ b/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.h
+            @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+             #define MYSQLND_DBG_ENABLED 0
+             #endif
+
+            -#if defined(MYSQLND_COMPRESSION_WANTED) && defined(HAVE_ZLIB)
+            +#if defined(MYSQLND_COMPRESSION_WANTED)
+             #define MYSQLND_COMPRESSION_ENABLED 1
+             #endif
+          '')
         ];
         postPhpize = lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") ''
           substituteInPlace configure --replace '$OPENSSL_LIBDIR' '${openssl}/lib' \