diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/metadata.xml b/net-analyzer/wireshark/metadata.xml
index 4a20e26519da6..17945000941a5 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/metadata.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ be exported to XML, PostScript®, CSV, or plain text.
 <flag name="lz4">Use <pkg>app-arch/lz4</pkg> for compression/decompression</flag>
 <flag name="maxminddb">Use <pkg>dev-libs/libmaxminddb</pkg> for IP address geolocation</flag>
 <flag name="mergecap">Install mergecap, to merge two or more capture files into one</flag>
+<flag name="minizip">Build with zip file compression support</flag>
 <flag name="netlink">Use <pkg>dev-libs/libnl</pkg></flag>
 <flag name="nghttp2">Use <pkg>net-libs/nghttp2</pkg> for HTTP/2 support</flag>
 <flag name="pcap">Use <pkg>net-libs/libpcap</pkg> for network packet capturing (build dumpcap, rawshark)</flag>
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.1.0.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.1.0.ebuild
index bd412c65b24cd..ac253458192db 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.1.0.ebuild
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ KEYWORDS=""
 IUSE="
 	adns androiddump bcg729 brotli +capinfos +captype ciscodump +dftest doc
 	dpauxmon +dumpcap +editcap kerberos libxml2 lua lz4 maxminddb +mergecap
-	+netlink nghttp2 +plugins plugin_ifdemo +pcap +qt5 +randpkt +randpktdump
-	+reordercap sbc selinux +sharkd smi snappy spandsp sshdump ssl sdjournal
-	+text2pcap tfshark +tshark +udpdump zlib
+	+minizip +netlink nghttp2 +plugins plugin_ifdemo +pcap +qt5 +randpkt
+	+randpktdump +reordercap sbc selinux +sharkd smi snappy spandsp sshdump ssl
+	sdjournal +text2pcap tfshark +tshark +udpdump zlib
 "
 S=${WORKDIR}/${P/_/}
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 	lua? ( >=dev-lang/lua-5.1:* )
 	lz4? ( app-arch/lz4 )
 	maxminddb? ( dev-libs/libmaxminddb )
+	minizip? ( sys-libs/zlib[minizip] )
 	netlink? ( dev-libs/libnl:3 )
 	nghttp2? ( net-libs/nghttp2 )
 	pcap? ( net-libs/libpcap )
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DENABLE_LIBXML2=$(usex libxml2)
 		-DENABLE_LUA=$(usex lua)
 		-DENABLE_LZ4=$(usex lz4)
+		-DENABLE_MINIZIP=$(usex minizip)
 		-DENABLE_NETLINK=$(usex netlink)
 		-DENABLE_NGHTTP2=$(usex nghttp2)
 		-DENABLE_PCAP=$(usex pcap)
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild
index c964508b1b073..d85aa0a5e072d 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ KEYWORDS=""
 IUSE="
 	adns androiddump bcg729 brotli +capinfos +captype ciscodump +dftest doc
 	dpauxmon +dumpcap +editcap kerberos libxml2 lua lz4 maxminddb +mergecap
-	+netlink nghttp2 +plugins plugin_ifdemo +pcap +qt5 +randpkt +randpktdump
-	+reordercap sbc selinux +sharkd smi snappy spandsp sshdump ssl sdjournal
-	+text2pcap tfshark +tshark +udpdump zlib
+	+minizip +netlink nghttp2 +plugins plugin_ifdemo +pcap +qt5 +randpkt
+	+randpktdump +reordercap sbc selinux +sharkd smi snappy spandsp sshdump ssl
+	sdjournal +text2pcap tfshark +tshark +udpdump zlib
 "
 S=${WORKDIR}/${P/_/}
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 	lua? ( >=dev-lang/lua-5.1:* )
 	lz4? ( app-arch/lz4 )
 	maxminddb? ( dev-libs/libmaxminddb )
+	minizip? ( sys-libs/zlib[minizip] )
 	netlink? ( dev-libs/libnl:3 )
 	nghttp2? ( net-libs/nghttp2 )
 	pcap? ( net-libs/libpcap )
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DENABLE_LIBXML2=$(usex libxml2)
 		-DENABLE_LUA=$(usex lua)
 		-DENABLE_LZ4=$(usex lz4)
+		-DENABLE_MINIZIP=$(usex minizip)
 		-DENABLE_NETLINK=$(usex netlink)
 		-DENABLE_NGHTTP2=$(usex nghttp2)
 		-DENABLE_PCAP=$(usex pcap)