diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a05106e2..81b73911 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ if (ANDROID)
     find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Kirigami2)
     find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
     find_package(SQLite3)
+    find_package(ZLIB)
 else()
     find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets DBus)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c249ec1..637534ca 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ if(ANDROID)
         target_link_libraries(kasts PRIVATE SQLite::SQLite3)
     endif()
 
+    if(ZLIB_FOUND)
+        target_link_libraries(kasts PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
+    endif()
+
     kirigami_package_breeze_icons(ICONS
         window-close
         window-close-symbolic