diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f00af0f..6da5fa52 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -164,8 +164,9 @@ foreach(lang IN LISTS LangTargets)
 			target_link_libraries(${Executable} PUBLIC ${VeryBadLib})
 		endforeach()
 
-		# only SGP depends on these
+		# for SGP only
 		target_link_libraries(${Executable}_SGP PRIVATE "ddraw.lib" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/fmodvc.lib")
 		target_link_libraries(${Executable}_SGP PUBLIC libpng)
+		target_compile_definitions(${Executable}_SGP PRIVATE NO_ZLIB_COMPRESSION)
 	endforeach()
 endforeach()