diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 82367daa7..df57e44ac 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Misc:
  - OpenGL: Only resize textures when needed
  - GBA BIOS: Fix clobbered registers in CpuSet (fixes mgba.io/i/1531)
  - Qt: Remove What's This icon from dialogs
+ - CMake: Don't use libzip on embedded platforms (fixes mgba.io/i/1527)
 
 0.7.3: (2019-09-15)
 Emulation fixes:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 14aff08a6..2627c4ff2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ if(DEFINED 3DS OR DEFINED PSP2 OR DEFINED WII OR DEFINED SWITCH)
 	set(USE_DEBUGGERS OFF)
 	set(USE_SQLITE3 OFF)
 	set(USE_DISCORD_RPC OFF)
+	set(USE_LIBZIP OFF CACHE BOOL "")
 endif()
 
 if(DEFINED 3DS)