diff --git a/ffi/CMakeLists.txt b/ffi/CMakeLists.txt
index 87cf00c..bb8ce6a 100755
--- a/ffi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ffi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ project(llvmlite_ffi)
 include(CheckIncludeFiles)
 
 find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
+find_package("ZLIB" REQUIRED)
 
 message(STATUS "Found LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")
@@ -16,10 +17,12 @@ message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")
 # you will need to enable C++11 support
 # for your compiler.
 
+include_directories(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
 
 # Look for SVML
+list(APPEND LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES("llvm/IR/SVML.inc" HAVE_SVML)
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ llvm_map_components_to_libnames(llvm_libs all)
 # under the llvm_libs for the "all" components map. This breaks static linking
 # so the "OptRemarks" library is removed from this list.
 list(REMOVE_ITEM llvm_libs "OptRemarks")
+list(APPEND llvm_libs ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 
 # Link against LLVM libraries
 target_link_libraries(llvmlite ${llvm_libs})