diff --git a/kiwix-build.py b/kiwix-build.py
index 0953bc4..a9d0dca 100755
--- a/kiwix-build.py
+++ b/kiwix-build.py
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ class zlib(Dependency):
     class Source(ReleaseDownload):
         archive = Remotefile('zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz',
                              '36658cb768a54c1d4dec43c3116c27ed893e88b02ecfcb44f2166f9c0b7f2a0d')
+        patches = ['zlib_std_libname.patch']
 
     class Builder(CMakeBuilder):
         @property
diff --git a/patches/zlib_std_libname.patch b/patches/zlib_std_libname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93623bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/zlib_std_libname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -ur zlib-1.2.8/CMakeLists.txt zlib-1.2.8.std_libname/CMakeLists.txt
+--- zlib-1.2.8/CMakeLists.txt	2013-04-29 00:57:10.000000000 +0200
++++ zlib-1.2.8.std_libname/CMakeLists.txt	2017-02-07 11:56:21.826507000 +0100
+@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@
+    if(NOT APPLE)
+      set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script,\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/zlib.map\"")
+    endif()
++elseif(MINGW)
++    # On unix-like platforms the library is almost always called libz
++   set_target_properties(zlib zlibstatic PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME z)
+ elseif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND WIN32)
+     # Creates zlib1.dll when building shared library version
+     set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES SUFFIX "1.dll")
+Only in zlib-1.2.8: zconf.h
+Only in zlib-1.2.8.std_libname: zconf.h.included