diff --git a/console/console_ext.c b/console/console_ext.c
index 9b530fa797..f8be615c33 100644
--- a/console/console_ext.c
+++ b/console/console_ext.c
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
 #include "szlib/zlib.h"
 #define WRITEBUFFERSIZE (1024 * 512)
+#endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include "../posix_string.h"
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ void ssnes_console_set_default_keybind_names_for_emulator(void)
    }
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
+
 static int ssnes_extract_currentfile_in_zip(unzFile uf)
 {
    char filename_inzip[PATH_MAX];
@@ -216,4 +220,6 @@ int ssnes_extract_zipfile(const char *zip_path)
    }
 
    return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+#endif