diff --git a/package/libs/zlib/Makefile b/package/libs/zlib/Makefile
index 4a2a0e53b0..c7a8415c79 100644
--- a/package/libs/zlib/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/zlib/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=zlib
 PKG_VERSION:=1.2.11
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/libpng http://www.zlib.net
diff --git a/package/libs/zlib/patches/004-relative-pkg-config-paths.patch b/package/libs/zlib/patches/004-relative-pkg-config-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c86d19b412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libs/zlib/patches/004-relative-pkg-config-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/zlib.pc.cmakein
++++ b/zlib.pc.cmakein
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+ prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+ exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+-libdir=@INSTALL_LIB_DIR@
+-sharedlibdir=@INSTALL_LIB_DIR@
+-includedir=@INSTALL_INC_DIR@
++libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
++sharedlibdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
++includedir=${prefix}/include
+ 
+ Name: zlib
+ Description: zlib compression library