diff --git a/src/win32/Makefile.cfg b/src/win32/Makefile.cfg
index f309f7db11d158fb878eaa8a4615bed1b9dbf6b3..99b8bc9b2ca4b6949944429546b3e379808e804a 100644
--- a/src/win32/Makefile.cfg
+++ b/src/win32/Makefile.cfg
@@ -85,13 +85,21 @@ endif
 	OBJS=$(OBJDIR)/dx_error.o $(OBJDIR)/fabdxlib.o $(OBJDIR)/win_vid.o $(OBJDIR)/win_dll.o
 endif
 
+
+ZLIB_CFLAGS?=-I../libs/zlib
+ifdef MINGW64
+ZLIB_LDFLAGS?=-L../libs/zlib/win32 -lz64
+else
+ZLIB_LDFLAGS?=-L../libs/zlib/win32 -lz32
+endif
+
 ifndef NOPNG
 ifndef PNG_CONFIG
-	PNG_CFLAGS?=-I../libs/libpng-src -I../libs/zlib
+	PNG_CFLAGS?=-I../libs/libpng-src
 ifdef MINGW64
-	PNG_LDFLAGS?=-L../libs/libpng-src/projects -lpng64 -L../libs/zlib/win32 -lz64
+	PNG_LDFLAGS?=-L../libs/libpng-src/projects -lpng64
 else
-	PNG_LDFLAGS?=-L../libs/libpng-src/projects -lpng32 -L../libs/zlib/win32 -lz32
+	PNG_LDFLAGS?=-L../libs/libpng-src/projects -lpng32
 endif #MINGW64
 endif #PNG_CONFIG
 endif #NOPNG