diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 97973bc..053c231 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ if os.name == "nt":
                 return fname
         return None
 
+# This patch overrides the find_library to look in the right places on
+# Android
+if True:
+    from android._ctypes_library_finder import find_library as _find_lib
+    def find_library(name):
+        return _find_lib(name)
+
 elif os.name == "posix" and sys.platform == "darwin":
     from ctypes.macholib.dyld import dyld_find as _dyld_find
     def find_library(name):
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0914e24..dd00812 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18673,4 +18673,3 @@ if test "$Py_OPT" = 'false' -a "$Py_DEBUG" != 'true'; then
     echo "" >&6
     echo "" >&6
 fi
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 20d7f35..af15cc2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1501,7 +1501,9 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
         if zlib_inc is not None:
             zlib_h = zlib_inc[0] + '/zlib.h'
             version = '"0.0.0"'
-            version_req = '"1.1.3"'
+            # version_req = '"1.1.3"'
+            version_req = '"{}"'.format(
+                os.environ.get('ZLIB_VERSION', '1.1.3'))
             if MACOS and is_macosx_sdk_path(zlib_h):
                 zlib_h = os.path.join(macosx_sdk_root(), zlib_h[1:])
             with open(zlib_h) as fp: