diff --git a/buildfiles/cmake/FindZLIB.cmake b/buildfiles/cmake/FindZLIB.cmake
index 0a29abafa9..ff5869a5f7 100644
--- a/buildfiles/cmake/FindZLIB.cmake
+++ b/buildfiles/cmake/FindZLIB.cmake
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ if(USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB)
     find_package(ZLIB)
     list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 else()
-    add_library(ZLIB::ZLIB INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+    add_library(ZLIB::ZLIB STATIC IMPORTED)
     set_target_properties(ZLIB::ZLIB PROPERTIES
-        INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES zlibstatic
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/3rdparty/zlib/zlib/libzlibstatic.a"
         INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/zlib/zlib;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/3rdparty/zlib/zlib")
     set(ZLIB_FOUND TRUE)
 endif()