diff --git a/zlib.be0 b/zlib.be0
index 7607d0dde..92c01b946 100755
--- a/zlib.be0
+++ b/zlib.be0
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/env beesh
 
-# BEE_VERSION zlib-1.3-0
+# BEE_VERSION zlib-1.3-1
 
 #SRCURL="https://www.zlib.net/zlib-${PKGVERSION}.tar.xz"
 SRCURL[0]="https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/b49e70aacafacfceb1107943497f5545/zlib-1.3.tar.xz"
+
+mee_configure() {
+    bee_configure -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+}