diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5e379dff8..c97773694 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7490,7 +7490,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "$ZLIB" = yes; then
   ZLIB_TARGETS="zlib4pl.$SO"
-  ZLIB_PLTARGETS='$(srcdir)/zlib.pl'
+  ZLIB_PLTARGETS='zlib.pl'
   ZLIB_INSTALL=install
 else
   ZLIB_TARGETS=nolib
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3dcfb9096..0dceda6a2 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(z, zlibVersion,
 
 if test "$ZLIB" = yes; then
   ZLIB_TARGETS="zlib4pl.$SO"
-  ZLIB_PLTARGETS='$(srcdir)/zlib.pl'
+  ZLIB_PLTARGETS='zlib.pl'
   ZLIB_INSTALL=install
 else
   ZLIB_TARGETS=nolib
diff --git a/packages/zlib b/packages/zlib
index 352c64eb4..deea4bfdf 160000
--- a/packages/zlib
+++ b/packages/zlib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 352c64eb476378b70eba93aa0a664f6d54dad0d9
+Subproject commit deea4bfdf7041387e91eca37978a5c8db9287eda