diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
index d6367c6545..830a2cca98 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 		-DUSE_OPENSSL_MD5="$(usex openssl ON OFF)"
+		-DUSE_SYSTEM_MINIZIP="ON"
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="$(usex static-libs ON OFF)"
 		-DUSE_DTOA_LIBRARY=${DOUBLEFUNCTION}
 	)