diff --git a/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh b/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh
index 85a1c873..b2cead2a 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ cat > "${POPULATE_LINUX_SYSROOT_SCRIPT}" << EOF
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 apt-get update
+apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev
 apt-get install -y lsb-release gnupg2 wget rsync
-apt-get install -y build-essential
 
 echo "deb http://apt.llvm.org/\$(lsb_release -cs)/ llvm-toolchain-\$(lsb_release -cs)-19 main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/llvm.list
 wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | apt-key add -