diff --git a/Externals/zlib/CMakeLists.txt b/Externals/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
index c95e282e002..e4e837ba775 100644
--- a/Externals/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Externals/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ set(ZLIB_SRCS
 )
 
 add_library(z STATIC ${ZLIB_SRCS} ${ZLIB_DLL_SRCS} ${ZLIB_PUBLIC_HDRS} ${ZLIB_PRIVATE_HDRS})
+add_library(ZLIB::ZLIB ALIAS z)
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index d42c959bc12..58a5254cb81 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@ PUBLIC
   videonull
   videoogl
   videosoftware
-  z
 
 PRIVATE
   bdisasm
   ${LZO}
+  ZLIB::ZLIB
 )
 
 if (APPLE)
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/DiscIO/CMakeLists.txt
index 28c528f986f..5dfbc5fd59c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@ add_library(discio
   WiiSaveBanner.cpp
   WiiWad.cpp
 )
+
+target_link_libraries(discio
+PRIVATE
+  ZLIB::ZLIB
+)