diff --git a/templates/zlib-fix-build.diff b/templates/zlib-fix-build.diff
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+++ b/templates/zlib-fix-build.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- configure.orig	2008-10-22 16:47:11.902294688 +0200
++++ configure	2008-10-22 16:47:24.958840636 +0200
+@@ -169,20 +169,9 @@ SHAREDLIBV=${SHAREDLIBV-"libz$shared_ext
+ SHAREDLIBM=${SHAREDLIBM-"libz$shared_ext.$VER1"}
+ 
+ if test $shared -eq 1; then
+-  echo Checking for shared library support...
+-  # we must test in two steps (cc then ld), required at least on SunOS 4.x
+-  if test "`($CC -c $SFLAGS $test.c) 2>&1`" = "" &&
+-     test "`($LDSHARED -o $test$shared_ext $test.o) 2>&1`" = ""; then
+     CFLAGS="$SFLAGS"
+     LIBS="$SHAREDLIBV"
+     echo Building shared library $SHAREDLIBV with $CC.
+-  elif test -z "$old_cc" -a -z "$old_cflags"; then
+-    echo No shared library support.
+-    shared=0;
+-  else
+-    echo 'No shared library support; try without defining CC and CFLAGS'
+-    shared=0;
+-  fi
+ fi
+ if test $shared -eq 0; then
+   LDSHARED="$CC"
diff --git a/templates/zlib.tmpl b/templates/zlib.tmpl
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+++ b/templates/zlib.tmpl
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+# Template build file for 'zlib'
+pkgname=zlib
+version=1.2.3
+patch_files="$pkgname-fix-build.diff"
+distfiles="http://www.zlib.net/$pkgname-$version@.tar.bz2"
+build_style=configure
+CFLAGS="-fPIC -DPIC"
+configure_args="-s"
+short_desc="A Massively Spiffy Yet Delicately Unobtrusive Compression Library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=e3b9950851a19904d642c4dec518623382cf4d2ac24f70a76510c944330d28ca
+long_desc="
+ This is a general purpose data compression library. All the code
+ is thread safe. The data format used by the library is described
+ by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952."