diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1113c7b..69f465e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -960,7 +960,12 @@ OPTION(ENABLE_DAP_REMOTE_TESTS "Enable DAP remote tests." ON)
 SET(REMOTETESTSERVERS "remotetest.unidata.ucar.edu" CACHE STRING "test servers to use for remote test")
 
 # See if we have libzip
-FIND_PACKAGE(Zip)
+if(ENABLE_NCZARR_ZIP)
+  find_package(Zip NAMES libzip REQUIRED)
+  set(Zip_LIBRARIES libzip::zip)
+else()
+  set(Zip_LIBRARIES "")
+endif()
 
 # Define a test flag for have curl library
 IF(Zip_FOUND)
diff --git a/libnczarr/CMakeLists.txt b/libnczarr/CMakeLists.txt
index 86e093b..c0efe1b 100644
--- a/libnczarr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libnczarr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ ENDIF()
 # the netCDF library.
 
 add_library(nczarr OBJECT ${libnczarr_SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(nczarr PRIVATE ${Zip_LIBRARIES})
 
 IF(MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH)
     target_include_directories(nczarr PUBLIC ${MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH})
diff --git a/netCDFConfig.cmake.in b/netCDFConfig.cmake.in
index 715e33e..0167326 100644
--- a/netCDFConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/netCDFConfig.cmake.in
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ endif()
 if("@FOUND_CURL@")
   find_dependency(CURL CONFIG)
 endif()
+if("@ENABLE_NCZARR_ZIP@")
+    find_dependency(libzip CONFIG)
+endif()
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/netCDFTargets.cmake")
 
 # Compiling Options