diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b2e56f8b73..95192f6c2b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ before_install:
 script:
   - |
      if [ -n "$CROSS_COMPILE" ]; then
-       ARGS="$ARGS --disable-d3d8 --disable-d3d9 --disable-d3d10 --disable-d3d11 --disable-d3d12 --enable-builtinzlib"
+       ARGS="$ARGS --disable-d3d8 --disable-d3d9 --disable-d3d10 --disable-d3d11 --disable-d3d12"
      fi
   - |
      if [ -n "$DISABLE_MENU" ]; then
diff --git a/qb/config.libs.sh b/qb/config.libs.sh
index e0cceaa66a..ff71f1604d 100644
--- a/qb/config.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/config.libs.sh
@@ -360,7 +360,9 @@ elif [ "$HAVE_OPENGLES" != 'no' ] && [ "$HAVE_OPENGLES3" != 'yes' ]; then
    HAVE_OPENGL_CORE='no'
 fi
 
-if [ "$HAVE_BUILTINZLIB" = 'yes' ]; then
+if [ "$HAVE_ZLIB" = 'no' ]; then
+   HAVE_BUILTINZLIB=no
+elif [ "$HAVE_BUILTINZLIB" = 'yes' ]; then
    HAVE_ZLIB=yes
 else
    check_val '' ZLIB '-lz' '' zlib '' '' false
@@ -526,10 +528,5 @@ if [ "$HAVE_DEBUG" = 'yes' ]; then
 fi
 
 check_enabled MENU MENU_WIDGETS 'menu widgets' 'The menu is' false
-
-if [ "$HAVE_ZLIB" = 'no' ] && [ "$HAVE_BUILTINZLIB" = 'no' ]; then
-   eval "HAVE_RPNG=no"
-   die : "Notice: zlib disabled, rpng support will also be disabled."
-fi
-
+check_enabled ZLIB RPNG RPNG 'zlib is' false
 check_enabled V4L2 VIDEOPROCESSOR 'video processor' 'Video4linux2 is' true
diff --git a/qb/config.params.sh b/qb/config.params.sh
index 6157f5b73a..72bbe7f416 100644
--- a/qb/config.params.sh
+++ b/qb/config.params.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ HAVE_VG=auto               # OpenVG support
 HAVE_CG=auto               # Cg shader support
 HAVE_HLSL=no               # HLSL9 shader support (for Direct3D9)
 HAVE_BUILTINZLIB=yes       # Bake in zlib
-HAVE_ZLIB=no               # zlib support (ZIP extract, PNG decoding/encoding)
+HAVE_ZLIB=auto             # zlib support (ZIP extract, PNG decoding/encoding)
 HAVE_ALSA=auto             # ALSA support
 C89_ALSA=no
 HAVE_TINYALSA=auto         # TinyALSA support