diff --git a/srcpkgs/Ice/template b/srcpkgs/Ice/template
index e05856d80ba..ea2a4f504b8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Ice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Ice/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_wrksrc=cpp
 homepage="http://www.zeroc.com"
 # XXX: other language bindings
-makedepends="mcpp-devel db-devel>=5.3 expat-devel openssl-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel mcpp-devel db-devel>=5.3 expat-devel openssl-devel"
 short_desc="The Internet Communications Engine (Ice)"
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 license="GPL-2, ICE"
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ do_configure() {
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	make prefix=/usr CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC -fpermissive" ${makejobs}
+	export CXXFLAGS+=" -fPIC -DPIC"
+	make prefix=/usr ${makejobs}
 }
 
 do_install() {