diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index f4eb575b6e..153864c587 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ config CMD_UNZIP
 
 config CMD_ZIP
 	bool "zip"
+	select GZIP_COMPRESSED
 	help
 	  Compress a memory region with zlib deflate method.
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index c3f694afc0..f18bf3778b 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ config GZIP
 	help
 	  This enables support for GZIP compression algorithm.
 
+config GZIP_COMPRESSED
+	bool
+	select ZLIB
+
 config BZIP2
 	bool "Enable bzip2 decompression support"
 	help
diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
index 5566de9606..61d025f053 100644
--- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
@@ -643,8 +643,6 @@ CONFIG_GPIO_LED_STUBS
 CONFIG_GREEN_LED
 CONFIG_GURNARD_FPGA
 CONFIG_GURNARD_SPLASH
-CONFIG_GZIP_COMPRESSED
-CONFIG_GZIP_COMPRESS_DEF_SZ
 CONFIG_G_DNL_THOR_PRODUCT_NUM
 CONFIG_G_DNL_THOR_VENDOR_NUM
 CONFIG_G_DNL_UMS_PRODUCT_NUM