diff -pruN 2.4.11-1/debian/changelog 2.4.11-1ubuntu1/debian/changelog
--- 2.4.11-1/debian/changelog	2009-10-21 16:05:35.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.4.11-1ubuntu1/debian/changelog	2009-10-21 16:05:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ksymoops (2.4.11-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
+
+  * Link against libz to fix FTBFS
+
+ -- Jon Bernard <bernardj@gmail.com>  Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:33:52 -0400
+
 ksymoops (2.4.11-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New Upstream version
diff -pruN 2.4.11-1/debian/control 2.4.11-1ubuntu1/debian/control
--- 2.4.11-1/debian/control	2009-10-21 16:05:35.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.4.11-1ubuntu1/debian/control	2009-10-21 16:05:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Source: ksymoops
 Section: utils
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Stephen Frost <sfrost@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper, binutils-dev
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Stephen Frost <sfrost@debian.org>
+Build-Depends: debhelper, binutils-dev, zlib1g-dev | libz-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.6.2
 
 Package: ksymoops
diff -pruN 2.4.11-1/debian/rules 2.4.11-1ubuntu1/debian/rules
--- 2.4.11-1/debian/rules	2009-10-21 16:05:35.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.4.11-1ubuntu1/debian/rules	2009-10-21 16:05:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_
 	STRIP=strip -R .note -R .comment debian/tmp/usr/bin/*
 endif
 
+export LDFLAGS+="-lz"
 
 build: 
 	$(MAKE) DEF_MAP=\\\"/boot/System.map-*r\\\"