diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake
index f99bb33c80..2d28dff875 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake
@@ -7,9 +7,17 @@ if(BUILD_ZLIB)
   ocv_clear_vars(ZLIB_FOUND)
 else()
   ocv_clear_internal_cache_vars(ZLIB_LIBRARY ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR)
+  if(ANDROID)
+    set(_zlib_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .so)
+  endif()
   find_package(ZLIB "${MIN_VER_ZLIB}")
+  if(ANDROID)
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${_zlib_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+    unset(_zlib_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES)
+  endif()
   if(ZLIB_FOUND AND ANDROID)
-    if(ZLIB_LIBRARIES MATCHES "/usr/(lib|lib32|lib64)/libz.so$")
+    if(ZLIB_LIBRARIES MATCHES "/usr/lib.*/libz.so$")
       set(ZLIB_LIBRARIES z)
     endif()
   endif()