diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0258d6269..fa706fad0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CHANGES IN FLTK 1.1.7
 
 	- Documentation fixes (STR #648, STR #692, STR #730, STR
 	  #744, STR #745)
+	- added zlib path to fluid (STR #783)
 	- Menus and other pop-up windows now obey screen
 	  boundaries on multi-screen displays (STR #781)
 	- Fl_Chart would draw outside its bounding box (STR #780)
diff --git a/visualc/fluid.dsp b/visualc/fluid.dsp
index b62ceef3e..500598411 100644
--- a/visualc/fluid.dsp
+++ b/visualc/fluid.dsp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RSC=rc.exe
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /YX /FD /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /MD /GX /Ot /Op /Ob2 /I "." /I ".." /I "../png" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN" /D "VC_EXTRA_LEAN" /D "WIN32_EXTRA_LEAN" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MD /GX /Ot /Op /Ob2 /I "." /I ".." /I "../png" /I "../zlib" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN" /D "VC_EXTRA_LEAN" /D "WIN32_EXTRA_LEAN" /YX /FD /c
 # SUBTRACT CPP /Os
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /o "NUL" /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /o "NUL" /win32
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ LINK32=link.exe
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /W3 /Gm /GX /Zi /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /YX /FD /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /MDd /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /I "." /I ".." /I "../png" /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN" /D "VC_EXTRA_LEAN" /D "WIN32_EXTRA_LEAN" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MDd /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /I "." /I ".." /I "../png" /I "../zlib" /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN" /D "VC_EXTRA_LEAN" /D "WIN32_EXTRA_LEAN" /YX /FD /c
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /o "NUL" /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /o "NUL" /win32
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "_DEBUG"