--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 DAEMON_OBJ = params.o loadparm.o clientserver.o access.o connection.o authenticate.o
 popt_OBJS=popt/findme.o  popt/popt.o  popt/poptconfig.o \
 	popt/popthelp.o popt/poptparse.o
-OBJS=$(OBJS1) $(OBJS2) $(OBJS3) $(DAEMON_OBJ) $(LIBOBJ) $(ZLIBOBJ) @BUILD_POPT@
+OBJS=$(OBJS1) $(OBJS2) $(OBJS3) $(DAEMON_OBJ) $(LIBOBJ) @BUILD_POPT@
+LIBS += -lz
 
 TLS_OBJ = tls.o syscall.o lib/compat.o lib/snprintf.o lib/permstring.o lib/sysxattrs.o @BUILD_POPT@
 
--- batch.c
+++ batch.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "rsync.h"
-#include "zlib/zlib.h"
+#include <zlib.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
 extern int eol_nulls;
--- options.c
+++ options.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "rsync.h"
 #include "ifuncs.h"
 #include <popt.h>
-#include "zlib/zlib.h"
+#include <zlib.h>
 
 extern int module_id;
 extern int sanitize_paths;
--- token.c
+++ token.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "rsync.h"
 #include "ifuncs.h"
-#include "zlib/zlib.h"
+#include <zlib.h>
 
 extern int do_compression;
 extern int module_id;