--- a/Makefile	Sun Jan 20 22:48:16 2019 -0800
+++ b/Makefile	Tue Jan 22 21:15:38 2019 -0800
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@
 FONT:=nuklear_ui/font.o
 endif #Darwin
 
+ifdef HOST_ZLIB
+LIBS+= zlib
+LIBZOBJS=
+else
+LIBZOBJS=zlib/adler32.o zlib/compress.o zlib/crc32.o zlib/deflate.o zlib/gzclose.o zlib/gzlib.o zlib/gzread.o\
+	zlib/gzwrite.o zlib/infback.o zlib/inffast.o zlib/inflate.o zlib/inftrees.o zlib/trees.o zlib/uncompr.o zlib/zutil.o
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
 #This should really be based on whether or not the C compiler is clang rather than based on the OS
 CFLAGS+= -Wno-logical-op-parentheses
@@ -156,8 +164,6 @@
 CONFIGOBJS=config.o tern.o util.o paths.o 
 NUKLEAROBJS=$(FONT) nuklear_ui/blastem_nuklear.o nuklear_ui/sfnt.o controller_info.o
 RENDEROBJS=render_sdl.o ppm.o
-LIBZOBJS=zlib/adler32.o zlib/compress.o zlib/crc32.o zlib/deflate.o zlib/gzclose.o zlib/gzlib.o zlib/gzread.o\
-	zlib/gzwrite.o zlib/infback.o zlib/inffast.o zlib/inflate.o zlib/inftrees.o zlib/trees.o zlib/uncompr.o zlib/zutil.o
 	
 ifdef NOZLIB
 CFLAGS+= -DDISABLE_ZLIB
@@ -202,6 +208,14 @@
 MAINOBJS+= res.o
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_PATH
+CFLAGS+= -DCONFIG_PATH='"'$(CONFIG_PATH)'"'
+endif
+
+ifdef DATA_PATH
+CFLAGS+= -DDATA_PATH='"'$(DATA_PATH)'"'
+endif
+
 ALL=dis$(EXE) zdis$(EXE) stateview$(EXE) vgmplay$(EXE) blastem$(EXE)
 ifneq ($(OS),Windows)
 ALL+= termhelper