diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/jpeg/libjpeg-turbo_3.2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/jpeg/libjpeg-turbo_3.2.0.bb
index 89504419762..7a548d4e9c6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/jpeg/libjpeg-turbo_3.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/jpeg/libjpeg-turbo_3.2.0.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://libjpeg-turbo.org/"
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause AND IJG AND Zlib"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=d21daef3b4b318f77062055059c72934"
 
+DEPENDS = "zlib"
 DEPENDS:append:x86-64:class-target = " nasm-native"
 DEPENDS:append:x86:class-target = " nasm-native"
 
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ export NASMENV = "--reproducible --debug-prefix-map=${WORKDIR}=${TARGET_DBGSRC_D
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=ON"
 # Ensure the -fPIC options are used to avoid -native compile failures, e.g. on opensuse160
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON"
+# Use system zlib instead of the bundled copy
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DWITH_SYSTEM_ZLIB=ON"
 
 # Add nasm-native dependency consistently for all build arches is hard
 EXTRA_OECMAKE:append:class-native = " -DWITH_SIMD=False"