diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a5ed39..c306ede 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ all: libneatvnc.so
 
 DEPENDENCIES := pixman-1 libpng libuv
 
-CFLAGS := -g -O3 -mavx2 -DNDEBUG -std=gnu11 -D_GNU_SOURCE -Iinc -fvisibility=hidden \
+CFLAGS := -g -O3 -mavx -DNDEBUG -std=gnu11 -D_GNU_SOURCE -Iinc \
+	-fvisibility=hidden -Icontrib/miniz \
 	$(foreach dep,$(DEPENDENCIES),$(shell pkg-config --cflags $(dep)))
 
 LDFLAGS := $(foreach dep,$(DEPENDENCIES),$(shell pkg-config --libs $(dep)))
 
-libneatvnc.so.0.0: src/server.o src/util.o src/vec.o src/zrle.o src/pngfb.o
+libneatvnc.so.0.0: src/server.o src/util.o src/vec.o src/zrle.o src/pngfb.o \
+		src/miniz.o
 	$(CC) -fPIC -shared $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
 libneatvnc.so.0: libneatvnc.so.0.0
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ libneatvnc.so: libneatvnc.so.0
 	ln -s $^ $@
 
 zrle-bench: bench/zrle-bench.o src/server.o src/util.o src/vec.o src/zrle.o \
-		src/pngfb.o
+		src/pngfb.o src/miniz.o
 	$(CC) $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
 examples/png-server: examples/png-server.o src/pngfb.o libneatvnc.so
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ examples/png-server: examples/png-server.o src/pngfb.o libneatvnc.so
 src/%.o: src/%.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ -MMD -MP -MF $@.deps
 
+src/miniz.o: contrib/miniz/miniz.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ -MMD -MP -MF $@.deps
+
 bench/%.o: bench/%.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ -MMD -MP -MF $@.deps
 
diff --git a/src/zrle.c b/src/zrle.c
index c4297b7..2ca9e55 100644
--- a/src/zrle.c
+++ b/src/zrle.c
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "vec.h"
 #include "zrle.h"
+#include "miniz.h"
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <endian.h>
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <zlib.h>
 #include <uv.h>
 #include <pixman.h>