diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ebf26d29..fc13a85ac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if( NOT ZLIB_FOUND )
   add_subdirectory(contrib/zlib)
   set(ZLIB_FOUND 1)
   set(ZLIB_LIBRARIES zlib)
-  set(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/zlib)
+  set(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/zlib ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/contrib/zlib)
 else(NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DASSIMP_BUILD_NO_OWN_ZLIB)
 endif(NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
diff --git a/contrib/zlib/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d431ef34..d0952d278 100644
--- a/contrib/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@ endif()
 if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_HEADERS AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL )
     install(FILES ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} DESTINATION "${INSTALL_INC_DIR}")
 endif()
-if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_FILES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL )
-    install(FILES zlib.3 DESTINATION "${INSTALL_MAN_DIR}/man3")
-endif()
 if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_FILES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL )
     install(FILES ${ZLIB_PC} DESTINATION "${INSTALL_PKGCONFIG_DIR}")
 endif()
diff --git a/contrib/zlib/zconf.h b/contrib/zlib/zconf.h.included
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/zlib/zconf.h
rename to contrib/zlib/zconf.h.included