diff --git a/AMBuildScript b/AMBuildScript
index fb6624fd..b1bfa17c 100644
--- a/AMBuildScript
+++ b/AMBuildScript
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class AMXXConfig(object):
     self.mysql_path = None
     self.generated_headers = []
     self.versionlib = None
+    self.zlib = None
     self.csx_app = None
     self.stdcxx_path = None
 
@@ -356,6 +357,10 @@ if AMXX.use_auto_versioning():
     { 'AMXX': AMXX }
   )
 
+AMXX.zlib = builder.RunScript(
+  'public/zlib/AMBuilder'
+)
+  
 builder.RunBuildScripts(
   [
     'amxmodx/AMBuilder',
diff --git a/public/zlib/AMBuilder b/public/zlib/AMBuilder
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90a4762a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/zlib/AMBuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# vim: sts=2 ts=8 sw=2 tw=99 et ft=python: 
+import os, platform
+
+builder.SetBuildFolder('zlib')
+
+lib = builder.compiler.StaticLibrary('zlib')
+
+lib.compiler.includes += [
+  os.path.join(builder.sourcePath, 'public', 'zlib'),
+]
+
+lib.sources += [
+  'adler32.c',
+  'compress.c',
+  'crc32.c',
+  'deflate.c',
+  'gzio.c',
+  'infback.c',
+  'inffast.c',
+  'inflate.c',
+  'inftrees.c',
+  'trees.c',
+  'uncompr.c',
+  'zutil.c',
+]
+
+rvalue = builder.Add(lib)