diff -Naur qemu-0.8.2/configure qemu-0.8.2-patched/configure
--- qemu-0.8.2/configure	2006-07-22 19:23:34.000000000 +0200
+++ qemu-0.8.2-patched/configure	2006-08-02 18:41:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -442,6 +442,21 @@
 fi
 
 ##########################################
+# zlib probe
+
+cat > $TMPC <<EOF
+#include <zlib.h>
+int main(){return 0;}
+EOF
+$cc -o $TMPO $TMPC 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ ! $? = 0 ]; then
+   echo "zlib not found!"
+   exit 1;
+fi
+
+
+
+##########################################
 # SDL probe
 
 sdl_too_old=no