diff --git a/Externals/minizip-ng/minizip-ng.vcxproj b/Externals/minizip-ng/minizip-ng.vcxproj
index b3ddfb0645c1..3fc82a33cbb0 100644
--- a/Externals/minizip-ng/minizip-ng.vcxproj
+++ b/Externals/minizip-ng/minizip-ng.vcxproj
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
+      <!-- Ensure minizip-ng sees mz.h -->
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>minizip-ng;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_ZLIB;ZLIB_COMPAT;MZ_ZIP_NO_CRYPTO;MZ_ZIP_NO_ENCRYPTION;HAVE_STDINT_H;HAVE_INTTYPES_H;NO_FSEEKO;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>