diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index bc47b61..0c80f25 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -373,6 +373,9 @@
           "Linux",
           "Darwin"
         ]
+      },
+      "environment": {
+        "CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH": "/opt/homebrew"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/cmake/HDF5TargetUtils.cmake b/cmake/HDF5TargetUtils.cmake
index a876673..f9c0a8e 100644
--- a/cmake/HDF5TargetUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/HDF5TargetUtils.cmake
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function(h5pp_get_modern_hdf5_target_name)
         get_target_property(HDF5_LINK_LIBS HDF5::HDF5 INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
         foreach(tgt ${HDF5_X_TARGETS};${HDF5_C_TARGET})
             if(NOT ${tgt} IN_LIST HDF5_LINK_LIBS)
-                message(STATUS "LINKING HDF5::HDF5 INTERFACE ${tgt}")
+                message(DEBUG "LINKING HDF5::HDF5 INTERFACE ${tgt}")
                 target_link_libraries(HDF5::HDF5 INTERFACE ${tgt})
             endif()
         endforeach()
@@ -159,4 +159,31 @@ function(h5pp_get_modern_hdf5_target_name)
     else()
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to define a standard HDF5::HDF5: Could not find any known HDF5 targets or variable HDF5_LIBRARIES")
     endif()
+
+
+    # Check whether zlib or szip are linked to the targets, and make sure we can find them
+    foreach (tgt ${HDF5_X_TARGETS};${HDF5_C_TARGET})
+        message(STATUS " ${lib}")
+        get_target_property(HDF5_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${tgt} INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+        mark_as_advanced(HDF5_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+        foreach (ltgt ${HDF5_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+            message(STATUS "  ${ltgt}")
+            if(ltgt STREQUAL "ZLIB::ZLIB")
+                set(HDF5_ZLIB_REQUIRED REQUIRED)
+            endif()
+            if(ltgt STREQUAL "z")
+                set(HDF5_z_REQUIRED REQUIRED)
+            endif()
+            if(ltgt STREQUAL "SZIP::SZIP")
+                set(HDF5_SZIP_REQUIRED REQUIRED)
+            endif()
+            if(ltgt STREQUAL "sz")
+                set(HDF5_sz_REQUIRED REQUIRED)
+            endif()
+        endforeach()
+    endforeach ()
+    find_package(ZLIB ${HDF5_ZLIB_REQUIRED} QUIET)
+    find_package(SZIP ${HDF5_SZIP_REQUIRED} QUIET)
+    find_library(LIBRARY_Z z ${HDF5_z_REQUIRED} QUIET)
+    find_library(LIBRARY_SZ sz ${HDF5_sz_REQUIRED} QUIET)
 endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/SetupDependencies.cmake b/cmake/SetupDependencies.cmake
index 8410afb..1fc7a89 100644
--- a/cmake/SetupDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SetupDependencies.cmake
@@ -82,3 +82,4 @@ if(TARGET SZIP::SZIP)
 endif()
 target_link_libraries(deps INTERFACE HDF5::HDF5)
 
+