diff --git a/Modules/FindZLIB.cmake b/Modules/FindZLIB.cmake
index 4065999496..a5c04aca27 100644
--- a/Modules/FindZLIB.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindZLIB.cmake
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ endforeach()
 # Allow ZLIB_LIBRARY to be set manually, as the location of the zlib library
 if(NOT ZLIB_LIBRARY)
   foreach(search ${_ZLIB_SEARCHES})
-    find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES ${ZLIB_NAMES} ${${search}} PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
-    find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES ${ZLIB_NAMES_DEBUG} ${${search}} PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
+    find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES ${ZLIB_NAMES} NAMES_PER_DIR ${${search}} PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
+    find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES ${ZLIB_NAMES_DEBUG} NAMES_PER_DIR ${${search}} PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
   endforeach()
 
   include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/SelectLibraryConfigurations.cmake)