diff --git a/components/cluster/clusterlistener.cpp b/components/cluster/clusterlistener.cpp
index 20fe633ec..e81fc0b03 100644
--- a/components/cluster/clusterlistener.cpp
+++ b/components/cluster/clusterlistener.cpp
@@ -348,11 +348,11 @@ void ClusterListener::OpenLogFile(void)
 	}
 
 	StdioStream::Ptr logStream = boost::make_shared<StdioStream>(fp, true);
-#ifdef ZLIB
+#ifdef HAVE_BIOZLIB
 	m_LogFile = boost::make_shared<ZlibStream>(logStream);
-#else /* ZLIB */
+#else /* HAVE_BIOZLIB */
 	m_LogFile = logStream;
-#endif /* ZLIB */
+#endif /* HAVE_BIOZLIB */
 	m_LogMessageCount = 0;
 	m_LogMessageTimestamp = 0;
 }
@@ -435,11 +435,11 @@ void ClusterListener::ReplayLog(const Endpoint::Ptr& endpoint, const Stream::Ptr
 
 			std::fstream *fp = new std::fstream(path.CStr(), std::fstream::in);
 			StdioStream::Ptr logStream = boost::make_shared<StdioStream>(fp, true);
-#ifdef ZLIB
+#ifdef HAVE_BIOZLIB
 			ZlibStream::Ptr lstream = boost::make_shared<ZlibStream>(logStream);
-#else /* ZLIB */
+#else /* HAVE_BIOZLIB */
 			Stream::Ptr lstream = logStream;
-#endif /* ZLIB */
+#endif /* HAVE_BIOZLIB */
 
 			String message;
 			while (true) {
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a330f8a40..0c01ab3b0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(ws2_32, getsockname)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(shlwapi, PathRemoveFileSpecA)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([backtrace_symbols execvpe pipe2 pthread_set_name_np pthread_setname_np])
 
+AC_TRY_LINK([#include <openssl/evp.h>
+#include <openssl/bio.h>
+#include <openssl/comp.h>], [BIO_f_zlib();], ac_cv_lib_biozlib="yes")
+if test "$ac_cv_lib_biozlib" = "yes"; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BIOZLIB, 1,
+    [Define if BIO_f_zlib is available])
+fi
+
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wextra"
 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wall -Wextra"
 
diff --git a/lib/base/zlibstream.cpp b/lib/base/zlibstream.cpp
index 0159db118..fd43423c5 100644
--- a/lib/base/zlibstream.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/zlibstream.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "base/objectlock.h"
 #include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
 
-#ifdef ZLIB
+#ifdef HAVE_BIOZLIB
 
 using namespace icinga;
 
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ bool ZlibStream::IsEof(void) const
 	return BIO_eof(m_BIO);
 }
 
-#endif /* ZLIB */
+#endif /* HAVE_BIOZLIB */
diff --git a/lib/base/zlibstream.h b/lib/base/zlibstream.h
index f08688a9f..c59606630 100644
--- a/lib/base/zlibstream.h
+++ b/lib/base/zlibstream.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "base/stream_bio.h"
 #include <iostream>
 
-#ifdef ZLIB
+#ifdef HAVE_BIOZLIB
 
 namespace icinga {
 
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ private:
 
 }
 
-#endif /* ZLIB */
+#endif /* HAVE_BIOZLIB */
 
 #endif /* ZLIBSTREAM_H */