diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 09ae69dd181dbe1330996c45fa2beba75a3292b9..7ee3bc41bc94cdb8b1c929a6bd4878ea2a9642ab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ endif()
 if(UNIX)
     # On unix-like platforms the library is almost always called libz
    set_target_properties(zlib zlibstatic PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME z)
-   set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script,zlib.map")
+   set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script,${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/zlib.map")
 elseif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND WIN32)
     # Creates zlib1.dll when building shared library version
     set_target_properties(zlib PROPERTIES SUFFIX "1.dll")