diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 007f1f18bb655e10c45bc7e21a299861eb204dd2..1bb73f8b98fbdd9ceabdce00cca5e95545277382 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ find_package(CUDA QUIET)
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 find_package(PythonLibs 2.7 REQUIRED)
 find_package(PythonInterp 2.7 REQUIRED)
-find_package(NumPy)
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+find_package(NumPy REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(Glog)
 find_package(Gflags QUIET)
diff --git a/cmake/util.cmake b/cmake/util.cmake
index e0e372fed0b0496106ee82d5c6e4938f7a0f3343..5b56304656e3844411c85f1ff946b80e9c909ae5 100644
--- a/cmake/util.cmake
+++ b/cmake/util.cmake
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ function(link_paddle_exe TARGET_NAME)
         ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY}
         ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
         ${CBLAS_LIBS}
-        ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+        ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
         ${INTERAL_LIBS}
-        -lz)
+        ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
     
     if(WITH_PYTHON)
         target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME}