diff --git a/tools/zlib/Makefile b/tools/zlib/Makefile
index 58315b808..9382af399 100644
--- a/tools/zlib/Makefile
+++ b/tools/zlib/Makefile
@@ -8,29 +8,31 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=zlib
-PKG_VERSION:=1.2.12
+PKG_VERSION:=1.2.13
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/madler/zlib
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=a162fc219763635f0c1591ec515d4b08684e4b0bfb4b1c8e65e4eab18d597c27
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=21767c654d31d2dccdde4330529775c6c5fd5389
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/madler/zlib/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_HASH:=d14c38e313afc35a9a8760dadf26042f51ea0f5d154b0630a31da0540107fb98
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=Zlib
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=README
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:zlib
 
+HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
 
-HOST_CFLAGS +=-fPIC
+HOSTCC := $(HOSTCC_NOCACHE)
+HOST_CFLAGS += $(HOST_FPIC)
 
-define Host/Install
-	$(CP) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/libz.a $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/
-	$(CP) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/zconf.h $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include/
-	$(CP) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/zlib.h $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include/
-	$(CP) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/zlib.pc $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/pkgconfig/
-endef
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS = \
+	--prefix=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST) \
+	--sysconfdir=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/etc \
+	--localstatedir=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/var \
+	--libdir=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib \
+	--includedir=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include \
+	--static
 
 define Host/Clean
 	rm -f $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/libz.a