diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a6da9a21..211db32f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ endif()
 add_library(tdcore STATIC ${TDLIB_SOURCE})
 target_include_directories(tdcore PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${TL_TD_AUTO_INCLUDES}>)
 target_include_directories(tdcore SYSTEM PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-target_link_libraries(tdcore PUBLIC tdactor tdutils tdnet tddb PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(tdcore PUBLIC tdactor tdutils tdnet tddb PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 
 if (TD_ENABLE_JNI AND NOT ANDROID) # jni is available by default on Android
   if (NOT JNI_FOUND)
diff --git a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
index c4fd8b9a..90f294fb 100644
--- a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
   find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+  find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 #TODO: all benchmarks in one file
 add_executable(bench_crypto bench_crypto.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(bench_crypto PRIVATE tdcore tdutils ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(bench_crypto PRIVATE tdcore tdutils ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 target_include_directories(bench_crypto SYSTEM PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-if (NOT WIN32)
-  target_link_libraries(bench_crypto PRIVATE z) # for OpenSSL
-endif()
 
 add_executable(bench_actor bench_actor.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(bench_actor PRIVATE tdactor tdutils)
diff --git a/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt b/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
index 700af45f..d8aa9630 100644
--- a/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
   find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+  find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 set(SQLITE_SOURCE
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ set(SQLITE_SOURCE
 add_library(tdsqlite STATIC ${SQLITE_SOURCE})
 target_include_directories(tdsqlite PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>)
 target_include_directories(tdsqlite SYSTEM PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-target_link_libraries(tdsqlite PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(tdsqlite PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 target_compile_definitions(tdsqlite PRIVATE
   -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=0
   -DSQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ target_compile_definitions(tdsqlite PRIVATE
 target_compile_definitions(tdsqlite PRIVATE -DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC -DSQLITE_TEMP_STORE=2 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5 -DSQLITE_DISABLE_LFS)
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-  target_link_libraries(tdsqlite PRIVATE z)
   target_compile_definitions(tdsqlite PRIVATE -DHAVE_USLEEP -DNDEBUG=1)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/tdnet/CMakeLists.txt b/tdnet/CMakeLists.txt
index a7e888de..823ed027 100644
--- a/tdnet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tdnet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
   find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+  find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 #SOURCE SETS
@@ -43,10 +44,7 @@ set(TDNET_SOURCE
 add_library(tdnet STATIC ${TDNET_SOURCE})
 target_include_directories(tdnet PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>)
 target_include_directories(tdnet SYSTEM PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}>)
-target_link_libraries(tdnet PUBLIC tdutils tdactor ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
-if (UNIX)
-  target_link_libraries(tdnet PRIVATE z) # for OpenSSL
-endif()
+target_link_libraries(tdnet PUBLIC tdutils tdactor ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 
 install(TARGETS tdnet EXPORT TdTargets
   LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
diff --git a/tdutils/CMakeLists.txt b/tdutils/CMakeLists.txt
index 893eafac..bb3f54a4 100644
--- a/tdutils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tdutils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
-  find_package(OpenSSL)
-endif()
-if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
-  set(TD_HAVE_OPENSSL 1)
-endif()
-
 if (NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
   find_package(ZLIB)
 endif()
 if (ZLIB_FOUND)
   set(TD_HAVE_ZLIB 1)
   message(STATUS "Found ZLIB: ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}")
+
+  # OpenSSL internally depends on zlib
+  if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
+    find_package(OpenSSL)
+  endif()
+  if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
+    set(TD_HAVE_OPENSSL 1)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 configure_file(td/utils/config.h.in td/utils/config.h @ONLY)
@@ -221,10 +222,7 @@ endif()
 target_include_directories(tdutils PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>)
 
 if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
-  target_link_libraries(tdutils PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
-  if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(tdutils PRIVATE z)
-  endif()
+  target_link_libraries(tdutils PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
   target_include_directories(tdutils SYSTEM PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif()