diff --git a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-windows.txt b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-windows.txt
index 84ff6b5c7..21c42ea76 100644
--- a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-windows.txt
+++ b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-windows.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ set (BUILD_TESTING ON CACHE BOOL "build testing")
 set (WITH_FFMPEG OFF CACHE BOOL "ci default")
 set (WITH_SWSCALE OFF CACHE BOOL "ci default")
 set (WITH_WEBVIEW OFF CACHE BOOL "ci default")
+set (ZLIB_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "ci default")
 set (WITH_FREERDP_DEPRECATED_COMMANDLINE ON CACHE BOOL "Enable deprecated command line options")