diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f4aefb6..b3e5e50 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ add_executable(dbd-unlocker ${UNLOCKER_SOURCES})
 string(RANDOM LENGTH 12 ALPHABET "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789" RANDOM_EXE_NAME)
 set_target_properties(dbd-unlocker PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "${RANDOM_EXE_NAME}")
 
-target_link_libraries(dbd-unlocker PRIVATE dbd-unlocker-warnings OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto nerutils wsock32 ws2_32 wininet crypt32 nlohmann_json zlib)
+target_link_libraries(dbd-unlocker PRIVATE dbd-unlocker-warnings OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto nerutils wsock32 ws2_32 wininet crypt32 nlohmann_json zlibstatic )
 
 if(NOT MSVC)
     target_link_options(dbd-unlocker PRIVATE -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
diff --git a/vendor/CMakeLists.txt b/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
index fdea3f8..5546070 100644
--- a/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ add_subdirectory(nerutils)
 add_subdirectory(json)
 
 set(ZLIB_BUILD_TESTING OFF)
+set(ZLIB_BUILD_STATIC ON) 
+set(ZLIB_BUILD_SHARED OFF) 
+set(ZLIB_INSTALL OFF) 
 add_subdirectory(zlib)