diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c88bfd4..142447a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ option(WITH_NODE_TESTS "With node tests" OFF)
 option(LINK_LIBEXPAT "Link libexpat" OFF)
 option(LINK_LIBMPDEC "Link libmpdec" OFF)
 
+option(LINK_LIBLZMA "Link liblzma" OFF)
+
 # set PY_VERSION to 3.11 if the user has not set it
 if (NOT DEFINED PY_VERSION)
     set(PY_VERSION 3.11)
@@ -154,6 +156,10 @@ SET(PYTHON_UTIL_LIBS
     ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/libcrypto.a
 )
 
+if(LINK_LIBLZMA)
+    SET(PYTHON_UTIL_LIBS ${PYTHON_UTIL_LIBS} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/liblzma.a)
+endif()
+
 
 if (LINK_LIBEXPAT)
     SET(PYTHON_UTIL_LIBS ${PYTHON_UTIL_LIBS} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/libexpat.a)
diff --git a/build_mkdocs.sh b/build_mkdocs.sh
index 98270df..672efc7 100755
--- a/build_mkdocs.sh
+++ b/build_mkdocs.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ if [ ! -d "$WASM_ENV_PREFIX" ]; then
             --yes \
             python=$PYTHON_VERSION "pybind11" nlohmann_json pybind11_json numpy \
             bzip2 sqlite zlib zstd libffi exceptiongroup\
-            "xeus" "xeus-lite" xeus-python "xeus-javascript" xtl "ipython=8.22.2=py311had7285e_1" "traitlets>=5.14.2" openssl
+            "xeus" "xeus-lite" xeus-python "xeus-javascript" xtl "ipython=8.22.2=py311had7285e_1" "traitlets>=5.14.2" \
+            openssl
 
 else
     echo "Wasm env $WASM_ENV_NAME already exists"
diff --git a/tests/tests/test_pyjs.py b/tests/tests/test_pyjs.py
index 289338b..11154dc 100644
--- a/tests/tests/test_pyjs.py
+++ b/tests/tests/test_pyjs.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 if sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] >= 13:
     def test_ssl_import():
         import ssl
+    
+    def test_import_lzma():
+        import lzma
         
 def test_js_submodule():
     from pyjs.js import Function