cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7) project(zlib) include(ExternalProject) ExternalProject_Add(zlib-download GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/madler/zlib INSTALL_COMMAND "") set(ZLIB_ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib-download-prefix/src/zlib-download) set(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR ${ZLIB_ROOT_DIR}) set(ZLIB_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib-download-prefix/src/zlib-download-build) add_library(zlib STATIC IMPORTED) set_property(TARGET zlib PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${ZLIB_BUILD_DIR}/libz.a) add_dependencies(zlib zlib-download)