diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp-packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/cpp-packaging.yml
index fa5fd7d628..4d869fdb93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpp-packaging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpp-packaging.yml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
           mv ./binutils-${{ matrix.binutils_version }} ./binutils-src
           mkdir /tmp/binutils-output
           cd binutils-src
-          ./configure --enable-targets=all --prefix=/tmp/binutils-output
+          ./configure --enable-targets=all --with-system-zlib --prefix=/tmp/binutils-output
           make -j2
           make install
           cd -