diff --git a/dep/libgit2/CMakeLists.txt b/dep/libgit2/CMakeLists.txt
index 62b83c4ff0..bbcc21416e 100644
--- a/dep/libgit2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dep/libgit2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ if(WIN32)
       CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 endif()
 
+set(USE_BUNDLED_ZLIB ON CACHE BOOL "")
+
 add_subdirectory(libgit2)
 # otherwise the zlib is not available in the src/git
 set(LIBGIT2_DEPENDENCY_OBJECTS ${LIBGIT2_DEPENDENCY_OBJECTS} PARENT_SCOPE)