#endif
#ifndef _ZLIB_H
-#include "zlib.h"
+//#include "zlib.h"
+// normally, the compiler options should contain -I../zlib, but it is
+// apparently not the case for all MSW makefiles and so, unless we use
+// configure (which defines __WX_SETUP_H__) or it is explicitly overridden by
+// the user (who can define wxUSE_ZLIB_H_IN_PATH), we hardcode the path here
+#if defined(__WXMSW__) && !defined(__WX_SETUP_H__) && !defined(wxUSE_ZLIB_H_IN_PATH)
+ #include "../zlib/zlib.h"
+#else
+ #include "zlib.h"
+#endif
#endif
#if defined(STRICTUNZIP) || defined(STRICTZIPUNZIP)