diff --git a/pkg/apple/RetroArch.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/pkg/apple/RetroArch.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index a1f29114d0..04abf05502 100644
--- a/pkg/apple/RetroArch.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/pkg/apple/RetroArch.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@
 					"-DHAVE_DYNAMIC",
 					"-DHAVE_OVERLAY",
 					"-DHAVE_ZLIB",
+					"-DHAVE_NO_BUILTINZLIB",
 					"-DHAVE_RPNG",
 					"-DHAVE_RJPEG",
 					"-DHAVE_RBMP",
@@ -606,6 +607,7 @@
 					"-DHAVE_DYNAMIC",
 					"-DHAVE_OVERLAY",
 					"-DHAVE_ZLIB",
+					"-DHAVE_NO_BUILTINZLIB",
 					"-DHAVE_RPNG",
 					"-DHAVE_RJPEG",
 					"-DHAVE_RBMP",