diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/build b/packages/compress/zlib/build
index b29656bb95..d0969ff357 100755
--- a/packages/compress/zlib/build
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/build
@@ -23,8 +23,23 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-./configure --prefix=/usr --shared
+rm -rf ./zconf.h # as requested from zlib cmake config
+mkdir -p .build-shared && cd .build-shared
+cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on \
+      ..
 
 make
-
 $MAKEINSTALL
+
+# build static library too, because we need this for plymouth-lite
+cd ..
+mkdir -p .build-static && cd .build-static
+cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=off \
+      ..
+
+make
+cp libz.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/install b/packages/compress/zlib/install
index afe2733c0a..26bc010bcb 100755
--- a/packages/compress/zlib/install
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/install
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  cp -R $PKG_BUILD/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -R $PKG_BUILD/.build-shared/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib