diff --git a/pulsar-client-cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/pulsar-client-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 7101bbe1cf27ebf9214311fedf21ee980a2faa5a..5c6613c44a398e7c478b160559122995dc66501d 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pulsar-client-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ if (LINK_STATIC)
 else()
     # Link to shared libraries
     find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+    set(ZLIB_LIBRARY_PATH ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
     if (NOT PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES)
       find_package(ProtoBuf QUIET)
       if (NOT ProtoBuf_FOUND)