diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0deb449513..33684ce135 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -42870,7 +42870,7 @@ _ACEOF
         if test "X$EXTERNAL_FILTERS" != "X"; then
         EXTERNAL_FILTERS="${EXTERNAL_FILTERS},"
     fi
-    EXTERNAL_FILTERS="${EXTERNAL_FILTERS}deflate"
+    EXTERNAL_FILTERS="${EXTERNAL_FILTERS}deflate(zlib)"
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 474180deef..292e484c6e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1068,14 +1068,14 @@ case $withval in
 esac
 
 if test "x$HAVE_ZLIB" = "xyes" -a "x$HAVE_ZLIB_H" = "xyes" -a "x$HAVE_COMPRESS2" = "xyes"; then
-    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_FILTER_DEFLATE], [1], [Define if support for deflate filter is enabled])
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_FILTER_DEFLATE], [1], [Define if support for deflate (zlib) filter is enabled])
     USE_FILTER_DEFLATE="yes"
 
     dnl Add "deflate" to external filter list
     if test "X$EXTERNAL_FILTERS" != "X"; then
         EXTERNAL_FILTERS="${EXTERNAL_FILTERS},"
     fi
-    EXTERNAL_FILTERS="${EXTERNAL_FILTERS}deflate"
+    EXTERNAL_FILTERS="${EXTERNAL_FILTERS}deflate(zlib)"
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/src/H5config.h.in b/src/H5config.h.in
index a5f0d1103e..82eef9f20b 100644
--- a/src/H5config.h.in
+++ b/src/H5config.h.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <features.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_FEATURES_H
 
-/* Define if support for deflate filter is enabled */
+/* Define if support for deflate (zlib) filter is enabled */
 #undef HAVE_FILTER_DEFLATE
 
 /* Define if support for Fletcher32 checksum is enabled */