diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/gvpe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/gvpe/default.nix
index 7fdb548e7b05..952771318be6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/gvpe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/gvpe/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ a :
 let 
   s = import ./src-for-default.nix;
   buildInputs = with a; [
-    openssl gmp
+    openssl gmp zlib
   ];
 in
 rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/gvpe/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/gvpe/src-for-default.nix
index 88264c5d7715..3db30de0bdd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/gvpe/src-for-default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/gvpe/src-for-default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 rec {
-   version="2.24";
-   name="gvpe-2.24";
-   hash="1szwia7n24fx9n40yvmdidna55b97459ccq6d2c4863q4pfkqpjy";
-   url="mirror://gnu/gvpe/gvpe-${version}.tar.gz";
-   advertisedUrl="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gvpe/gvpe-2.24.tar.gz";
+   version="2.25";
+   name="gvpe-2.25";
+   hash="1gsipcysvsk80gvyn9jnk9g0xg4ng9yd5zp066jnmpgs52d2vhvk";
+   url="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gvpe/gvpe-${version}.tar.gz";
+   advertisedUrl="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gvpe/gvpe-2.25.tar.gz";
   
   
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ebef1f1489d0..d4a5d9f9e074 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ let
   gupnptools = callPackage ../tools/networking/gupnp-tools {};
 
   gvpe = builderDefsPackage ../tools/networking/gvpe {
-    inherit openssl gmp nettools iproute;
+    inherit openssl gmp nettools iproute zlib;
   };
 
   gvolicon = callPackage ../tools/audio/gvolicon {};