--- a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ else()
     ocv_clear_vars(ZLIB_FOUND)
   else()
     ocv_clear_internal_cache_vars(ZLIB_LIBRARY ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR)
+    find_package(ZLIB "${MIN_VER_ZLIB}" REQUIRED)
   if(ANDROID)
     set(_zlib_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
     set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .so)