diff --git a/Libraries/LibCompress/CMakeLists.txt b/Libraries/LibCompress/CMakeLists.txt
index 349581b71d0..17cce020c7c 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibCompress/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Libraries/LibCompress/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ set(SOURCES
 
 serenity_lib(LibCompress compress)
 target_link_libraries(LibCompress PRIVATE LibCore LibCrypto)
+
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(LibCompress PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 2102a2c493c..5b5b93a3360 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@
       "name": "vulkan-headers",
       "platform": "!android"
     },
-    "woff2"
+    "woff2",
+    "zlib"
   ],
   "overrides": [
     {
@@ -196,6 +197,10 @@
     {
       "name": "woff2",
       "version": "1.0.2#4"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "zlib",
+      "version": "1.3.1"
     }
   ]
 }