diff --git a/configure.json b/configure.json
index 3210c60fb44360bf1461465b2acde5cd21d9d3d2..c623ebe87df9a4eca2d2412c1eff50a74a471b63 100644
--- a/configure.json
+++ b/configure.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "module": "webengine",
     "depends": [
+        "core-private",
         "gui-private",
         "printsupport"
     ],
@@ -304,9 +305,9 @@
             "condition": "config.unix && libs.minizip",
             "output": [ "privateFeature" ]
         },
-        "system-zlib" : {
+        "webengine-system-zlib" : {
             "label": "zlib",
-            "condition": "config.unix && libs.zlib",
+            "condition": "config.unix && features.system-zlib && libs.zlib",
             "output": [ "privateFeature" ]
         },
         "system-libevent" : {
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@
                         "system-snappy",
                         "system-libsrtp",
                         "system-glib",
-                        "system-zlib",
+                        "webengine-system-zlib",
                         "system-minizip",
                         "system-libevent",
                         "system-jsoncpp",
diff --git a/src/core/config/linux.pri b/src/core/config/linux.pri
index a2361b02f35e4a6eefb2e96cfa5923ac39993bf5..78f3e5093eaca47b649a044aba8af07db21dd264 100644
--- a/src/core/config/linux.pri
+++ b/src/core/config/linux.pri
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ host_build {
         gn_args += host_pkg_config=\"pkg-config\"
     }
 
-    qtConfig(system-zlib): qtConfig(system-minizip): gn_args += use_system_zlib=true use_system_minizip=true
+    qtConfig(webengine-system-zlib): qtConfig(system-minizip) {
+        gn_args += use_system_zlib=true use_system_minizip=true
+    }
     qtConfig(webengine-system-png): gn_args += use_system_libpng=true
     qtConfig(system-jpeg): gn_args += use_system_libjpeg=true
     qtConfig(system-freetype): gn_args += use_system_freetype=true