diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cd2e15f..93ec465 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,11 +37,21 @@ if(USE_PKGCONFIG)
 	pkg_check_modules(LIBFTDI REQUIRED libftdi1)
 	pkg_check_modules(LIBUSB REQUIRED libusb-1.0)
 	pkg_check_modules(HIDAPI hidapi-hidraw)
-	pkg_check_modules(ZLIB zlib)
 	# if hidraw not found try with libusb
 	if(NOT HIDAPI_FOUND)
 		pkg_check_modules(HIDAPI hidapi-libusb)
 	endif()
+	# zlib support (gzip)
+	pkg_check_modules(ZLIB zlib)
+	if (NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
+		# try zlib-ng
+		pkg_check_modules(ZLIB zlib-ng)
+		if (ZLIB_FOUND)
+			add_definitions(-DHAS_ZLIBNG)
+		else()
+			message(FATAL_ERROR "Could find ZLIB")
+		endif()
+	endif(NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
 
 	if(ENABLE_UDEV)
 		pkg_check_modules(LIBUDEV libudev)
diff --git a/src/configBitstreamParser.cpp b/src/configBitstreamParser.cpp
index 3cb9289..92fb698 100644
--- a/src/configBitstreamParser.cpp
+++ b/src/configBitstreamParser.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,16 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #ifdef HAS_ZLIB
+#ifdef HAS_ZLIBNG
+#include <zlib-ng.h>
+#define z_stream zng_stream
+#define inflateInit2(_strm, _windowBits) zng_inflateInit2(_strm, _windowBits)
+#define inflate(_strm, __flush)          zng_inflate(_strm, __flush)
+#define inflateEnd(_strm)                zng_inflateEnd(_strm)
+#else
 #include <zlib.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #include "display.hpp"