diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index b361af9d..c723fd40 100644
--- a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ include_directories(${LIBRARY_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 file(GLOB SAMPLE_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp)
 
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+
 foreach(SAMPLE_SOURCE IN ITEMS ${SAMPLE_SOURCES})
     get_filename_component(SAMPLE_NAME ${SAMPLE_SOURCE} NAME_WE)
     set(SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE benchmark-${SAMPLE_NAME})
     add_executable(${SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE} ${SAMPLE_SOURCE})
-    target_link_libraries(${SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE} xlnt)
+    target_link_libraries(${SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE} PRIVATE xlnt PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 endforeach()
 
 file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data
diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b5303b5..5bc7b462 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ endif()
 
 file(GLOB SAMPLE_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp)
 
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+
 foreach(SAMPLE_SOURCE IN ITEMS ${SAMPLE_SOURCES})
     get_filename_component(SAMPLE_NAME ${SAMPLE_SOURCE} NAME_WE)
     set(SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE sample-${SAMPLE_NAME})
     add_executable(${SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE} ${SAMPLE_SOURCE})
-    target_link_libraries(${SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE} xlnt)
+    target_link_libraries(${SAMPLE_EXECUTABLE} PRIVATE xlnt PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 endforeach()
 
 file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data