This patch was first introduced in version 3.8.3-3

It fixes http://bugs.debian.org/208672
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
 
 if ID3_NEEDZLIB
 LDADD        = $(top_builddir)/zlib/src/libz.la
+else
+libid3_la_LIBADD  = -lz
 endif
 
 libid3_la_LDFLAGS = \
