diff --git a/fizz/CMakeLists.txt b/fizz/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c95883..52585aa 100644
--- a/fizz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fizz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ else()
   list(APPEND FIZZ_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${LIBEVENT_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif()
 
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+list(APPEND FIZZ_SHINY_DEPENDENCIES ZLIB::ZLIB)
+
 set(FIZZ_HEADER_DIRS
   base
   client