diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a0302c4..3d2470c6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ math(EXPR TAGLIB_SOVERSION_PATCH "${TAGLIB_SOVERSION_REVISION}")
 
 include(ConfigureChecks.cmake)
 
+if(${ZLIB_FOUND})
+  set(ZLIB_LIBRARIES_FLAGS -lz)
+endif()
+
 if(NOT WIN32)
   configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/taglib-config.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/taglib-config" @ONLY)
   install(PROGRAMS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/taglib-config" DESTINATION "${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}")
diff --git a/taglib-config.cmake b/taglib-config.cmake
index c91e28db..2a5c19f9 100644
--- a/taglib-config.cmake
+++ b/taglib-config.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0
 do
   case $1 in
     --libs)
-	  flags="$flags -L$libdir -ltag"
+	  flags="$flags -L$libdir -ltag @ZLIB_LIBRARIES_FLAGS@"
 	  ;;
     --cflags)
 	  flags="$flags -I$includedir/taglib"
diff --git a/taglib.pc.cmake b/taglib.pc.cmake
index ba9d655b..9f56a3e6 100644
--- a/taglib.pc.cmake
+++ b/taglib.pc.cmake
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Name: TagLib
 Description: Audio meta-data library
 Requires: 
 Version: @TAGLIB_LIB_VERSION_STRING@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -ltag
+Libs: -L${libdir} -ltag @ZLIB_LIBRARIES_FLAGS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/taglib