--- dzip.h
+++ dzip.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include "zlib/zlib.h"
+#include <zlib.h>
 
 typedef unsigned char uchar;
 
@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@
 #else
 #define DIRCHAR '/'
 #define WRONGCHAR '\\'
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
--- Makefile.linux
+++ Makefile.linux
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 # Makefile for linux
 
-CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -Wall -O3
+CC ?= gcc
+CFLAGS ?= -O3
+CFLAGS += -Wall
 TARGET = dzip
 OBJECTS = main.o compress.o uncompress.o list.o crc32.o \
-	  encode.o decode.o v1code.o conmain.o delete.o \
-	  zlib/adler32.o zlib/deflate.o zlib/trees.o \
-	  zlib/inflate.o zlib/infblock.o zlib/inftrees.o zlib/infcodes.o \
-	  zlib/infutil.o zlib/inffast.o
+	  encode.o decode.o v1code.o conmain.o delete.o
+LIBS = -lz
 
 TMPFILES = gmon.out frag*
 
 $(TARGET): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJECTS) -o $(TARGET) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LIBS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(TMPFILES)
@@ -24,4 +23,4 @@
 encode.o: encode.c dzip.h
 list.o: list.c dzip.h dzipcon.h
 decode.o: decode.c dzip.h dzipcon.h
-v1code.o: v1code.c dzip.h dzipcon.h
\ No newline at end of file
+v1code.o: v1code.c dzip.h dzipcon.h