diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f26e99ba71..3ec604d467 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2433,6 +2433,7 @@ CONFIG_EXTRA="
     cbs_jpeg
     cbs_mpeg2
     cbs_vp9
+    deflate_wrapper
     dirac_parse
     dnn
     dovi_rpu
@@ -2711,6 +2712,7 @@ cbs_jpeg_select="cbs"
 cbs_mpeg2_select="cbs"
 cbs_vp9_select="cbs"
 dct_select="rdft"
+deflate_wrapper_deps="zlib"
 dirac_parse_select="golomb"
 dovi_rpu_select="golomb"
 dnn_suggest="libtensorflow libopenvino"
diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index 7810528559..dc6dc8a4bb 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_CBS_MPEG2)               += cbs_mpeg2.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_CBS_VP9)                 += cbs_vp9.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_CRYSTALHD)               += crystalhd.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_DCT)                     += dct.o dct32_fixed.o dct32_float.o
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_DEFLATE_WRAPPER)         += zlib_wrapper.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_DOVI_RPU)                += dovi_rpu.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_ERROR_RESILIENCE)        += error_resilience.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_EXIF)                    += exif.o tiff_common.o
diff --git a/libavcodec/zlib_wrapper.c b/libavcodec/zlib_wrapper.c
index 5b93c2c74f..e86c83940d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/zlib_wrapper.c
+++ b/libavcodec/zlib_wrapper.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <zlib.h>
 
+#include "config.h"
 #include "libavutil/error.h"
 #include "libavutil/log.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem.h"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ static void free_wrapper(void *opaque, void *ptr)
     av_free(ptr);
 }
 
+#if CONFIG_INFLATE_WRAPPER
 int ff_inflate_init(FFZStream *z, void *logctx)
 {
     z_stream *const zstream = &z->zstream;
@@ -66,3 +68,35 @@ void ff_inflate_end(FFZStream *z)
         inflateEnd(&z->zstream);
     }
 }
+#endif
+
+#if CONFIG_DEFLATE_WRAPPER
+int ff_deflate_init(FFZStream *z, int level, void *logctx)
+{
+    z_stream *const zstream = &z->zstream;
+    int zret;
+
+    z->inited = 0;
+    zstream->zalloc = alloc_wrapper;
+    zstream->zfree  = free_wrapper;
+    zstream->opaque = Z_NULL;
+
+    zret = deflateInit(zstream, level);
+    if (zret == Z_OK) {
+        z->inited = 1;
+    } else {
+        av_log(logctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "deflateInit error %d, message: %s\n",
+               zret, zstream->msg ? zstream->msg : "");
+        return AVERROR_EXTERNAL;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void ff_deflate_end(FFZStream *z)
+{
+    if (z->inited) {
+        z->inited = 0;
+        deflateEnd(&z->zstream);
+    }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/libavcodec/zlib_wrapper.h b/libavcodec/zlib_wrapper.h
index 0e91713b25..fa8ee654fd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/zlib_wrapper.h
+++ b/libavcodec/zlib_wrapper.h
@@ -48,4 +48,14 @@ int ff_inflate_init(FFZStream *zstream, void *logctx);
  */
 void ff_inflate_end(FFZStream *zstream);
 
+/**
+ * Wrapper around deflateInit(). It works analogously to ff_inflate_init().
+ */
+int ff_deflate_init(FFZStream *zstream, int level, void *logctx);
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper around deflateEnd(). It works analogously to ff_inflate_end().
+ */
+void ff_deflate_end(FFZStream *zstream);
+
 #endif /* AVCODEC_ZLIB_WRAPPER_H */
diff --git a/libavformat/protocols.c b/libavformat/protocols.c
index 948fae411f..d07563cd0c 100644
--- a/libavformat/protocols.c
+++ b/libavformat/protocols.c
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
-
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem.h"