diff --git a/Jamrules b/Jamrules
index ce63030d3e..95f1b33c5c 100644
--- a/Jamrules
+++ b/Jamrules
@@ -1978,6 +1978,7 @@ FT2_COMPONENTS ?= gzip       # support for gzip-compressed files.
                   cache      # cache sub-system
                   cff        # CFF/CEF font driver
                   cid        # Postscript CID-keyed font driver
+		lzw	   # LZW routines
                   pcf        # PCF font driver
                   pfr        # PFR/TrueDoc font driver
                   psaux      # Common Postscript routines module