diff --git a/INSTALL.cmake b/INSTALL.cmake
index e96e792762..cc281d80d8 100644
--- a/INSTALL.cmake
+++ b/INSTALL.cmake
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Windows only
      * as described in INSTALL.scons
      * install win32libs with the 'KDE on Windows' installer
        http://download.cegit.de/kde-windows/installer/
-       (there are also Qt packages for msvc and mingw)
+       - use the msvc packages
+       - a release version of Qt is also available by the installer
     
     If cmake couldn't find these modules set GNUWIN32_DIR, eg. 
     -DGNUWIN32_DIR=c:\gnuwin32. By default cmake searches in your 
diff --git a/development/cmake/modules/FindGNUWIN32.cmake b/development/cmake/modules/FindGNUWIN32.cmake
index c083600286..97617a3245 100644
--- a/development/cmake/modules/FindGNUWIN32.cmake
+++ b/development/cmake/modules/FindGNUWIN32.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 		endif()
 	else()
 		if (GNUWIN32_FIND_REQUIRED)
-			message(SEND_ERROR "Could NOT find GNUWIN32")
+			message(SEND_ERROR "Could NOT find GNUWIN32, please set GNUWIN32_DIR")
 		endif()
 	endif()
 
diff --git a/development/cmake/modules/FindZLIB.cmake b/development/cmake/modules/FindZLIB.cmake
index 5f01b9d362..64cc8d0f81 100644
--- a/development/cmake/modules/FindZLIB.cmake
+++ b/development/cmake/modules/FindZLIB.cmake
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ endif()
 
 find_path(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR zlib.h
  /usr/include
- /usr/local/include)
+ /usr/local/include
+ "${GNUWIN32_DIR}"/include)
 
 set(POTENTIAL_Z_LIBS z zlib zdll)
 
 find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARY NAMES ${POTENTIAL_Z_LIBS}
-	PATHS "C:\\Programme\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\lib"
- /usr/lib /usr/local/lib)
+	PATHS 
+	"C:\\Programme\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\lib"
+	/usr/lib /usr/local/lib
+	"${GNUWIN32_DIR}"/lib)
 
 if(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR AND ZLIB_LIBRARY)
    set(ZLIB_FOUND TRUE)