diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a032fbd9f..baa0bada6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -880,6 +880,67 @@ dnl Third party
 dnl
 
 
+dnl
+dnl zlib support
+dnl
+
+AC_SUBST(Z_CPPFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(Z_LDFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(Z_LIBS)
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(zlib,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--with-zlib=[[[DIR]]]], [Path to libz.so for ziplinks support.]),
+[
+	AC_SUBST(Z_LDFLAGS, ["-L$withval"])
+], [
+
+])
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(zlib.h,
+[
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(z, zlibVersion,
+	[
+		zlib=yes
+		AC_SUBST(Z_LIBS, -lz)
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBZ, 1, [Define to 1 if zlib (-lz) is available.])
+	], [
+		zlib=no
+	])
+], [
+	zlib=no
+])
+
+
+dnl
+dnl lz4 support
+dnl
+
+AC_SUBST(LZ4_CPPFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(LZ4_LDFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(LZ4_LIBS)
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(lz4,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--with-lz4=[[[DIR]]]], [Path to liblz4.so for lz4 compression support.]),
+[
+	AC_SUBST(LZ4_LDFLAGS, ["-L$withval"])
+], [
+
+])
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(lz4.h,
+[
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(lz4, LZ4_versionNumber,
+	[
+		lz4=yes
+		AC_SUBST(LZ4_LIBS, -llz4)
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBLZ4, 1, [Define to 1 if liblz4 (-llz4) is available.])
+	], [
+		lz4=no
+	])
+], [
+	lz4=no
+])
+
 
 dnl
 dnl boost support
@@ -1018,7 +1079,6 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--with-included-rocksdb[[[=shared]]]], [Use the RocksDB sources
 ])
 
 
-
 dnl
 dnl SpiderMonkey support
 dnl
@@ -1100,39 +1160,6 @@ dnl TODO use an $enable_js var
 AM_CONDITIONAL([JS], [[[[ $with_included_js = yes ]]]])
 
 
-
-dnl
-dnl libgmp support
-dnl
-
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMP, [gmp], [have_gmp="yes"], [have_gmp="no"])
-AM_CONDITIONAL([GMP], [test "x$have_gmp" = "xyes"])
-
-AC_SUBST(GMP_CPPFLAGS, [])
-AC_SUBST(GMP_LDFLAGS, [])
-AC_SUBST(GMP_LIBS, ["-lgmp"])
-
-
-
-dnl
-dnl libsodium (NaCl) crypto support
-dnl
-
-dnl PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SODIUM, [sodium], [have_sodium="yes"], [have_sodium="no"])
-AC_CHECK_LIB([sodium], sodium_init, [have_sodium="yes"], [have_sodium="no"])
-AM_CONDITIONAL([SODIUM], [test "x$have_sodium" = "xyes"])
-
-AM_COND_IF([SODIUM], [],
-[
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([Failed to find libsodium (The NaCl cryptographic library)])
-])
-
-AC_SUBST(SODIUM_CPPFLAGS, [])
-AC_SUBST(SODIUM_LDFLAGS, [])
-AC_SUBST(SODIUM_LIBS, ["-lsodium"])
-
-
-
 dnl
 dnl OpenSSL support
 dnl
@@ -1217,7 +1244,6 @@ if test "$cf_enable_openssl" != no; then
 	else
 	        AC_MSG_RESULT(no - OpenSSL support disabled)
 	fi
-
 fi
 
 if test "$cf_enable_openssl" != no; then
@@ -1240,7 +1266,6 @@ AC_SUBST(SSL_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(SSL_LIBS)
 
 
-
 dnl
 dnl mbedTLS support
 dnl
@@ -1263,7 +1288,6 @@ AC_SUBST(MBEDTLS_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(MBEDTLS_LIBS)
 
 
-
 dnl
 dnl GnuTLS support
 dnl
@@ -1284,7 +1308,6 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(GNUTLS_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GNUTLS_LIBS)
 
-
 dnl mbed TLS is given highest preference when no specified TLS library is provided
 if test "$cf_enable_openssl" = "auto" -a "$cf_enable_mbedtls" = "yes"; then
        cf_enable_openssl="no"
@@ -1318,31 +1341,34 @@ elif test x"$cf_enable_gnutls" != xno; then
 fi
 
 
-
 dnl
-dnl zlib support
+dnl libsodium (NaCl) crypto support
 dnl
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(zlib-path,
-AC_HELP_STRING([--with-zlib-path=DIR],[Path to libz.so for ziplinks support.]),
-[LIBS="$LIBS -L$withval"],)
+dnl PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SODIUM, [sodium], [have_sodium="yes"], [have_sodium="no"])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([sodium], sodium_init, [have_sodium="yes"], [have_sodium="no"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([SODIUM], [test "x$have_sodium" = "xyes"])
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(zlib,
-AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-zlib],[Disable ziplinks support]),
-[zlib=$enableval],[zlib=yes])
+AM_COND_IF([SODIUM], [],
+[
+	AC_MSG_ERROR([Failed to find libsodium (The NaCl cryptographic library)])
+])
 
-if test "$zlib" = yes; then
+AC_SUBST(SODIUM_CPPFLAGS, [])
+AC_SUBST(SODIUM_LDFLAGS, [])
+AC_SUBST(SODIUM_LIBS, ["-lsodium"])
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(zlib.h, [
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(z, zlibVersion,
-	[
-		AC_SUBST(ZLIB_LD, -lz)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBZ, 1, [Define to 1 if zlib (-lz) is available.])
-	], zlib=no)
-], zlib=no)
 
-fi
+dnl
+dnl libgmp support
+dnl
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMP, [gmp], [have_gmp="yes"], [have_gmp="no"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([GMP], [test "x$have_gmp" = "xyes"])
+
+AC_SUBST(GMP_CPPFLAGS, [])
+AC_SUBST(GMP_LDFLAGS, [])
+AC_SUBST(GMP_LIBS, ["-lgmp"])
 
 
 dnl
@@ -1364,7 +1390,6 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(magic, magic_version,
 AM_CONDITIONAL([MAGIC], [test "x$have_magic" = "xyes"])
 
 
-
 dnl
 dnl Additional linkages
 dnl
@@ -1579,6 +1604,8 @@ echo "Compiler flags (CXXFLAGS) ......... $CXXFLAGS"
 echo "Building boost .................... $with_included_boost"
 echo "Building RocksDB................... $with_included_rocksdb"
 echo "Building JS (SpiderMonkey) ........ $with_included_js"
+echo "Ziplinks (libz) support ........... $zlib"
+echo "LZ4 support ....................... $lz4"
 echo "GNU MP support .................... $have_gmp"
 echo "Sodium support .................... $have_sodium"
 echo "SSL support........................ $SSL_TYPE"
diff --git a/construct/Makefile.am b/construct/Makefile.am
index 289da2a65..e5bf3f469 100644
--- a/construct/Makefile.am
+++ b/construct/Makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	@JS_CPPFLAGS@ \
 	@BOOST_CPPFLAGS@ \
 	@SODIUM_CPPFLAGS@ \
+	@LZ4_CPPFLAGS@ \
+	@Z_CPPFLAGS@ \
 	###
 
 AM_LDFLAGS = \
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ construct_LDFLAGS = \
 	@JS_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@BOOST_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@SODIUM_LDFLAGS@ \
+	@LZ4_LDFLAGS@ \
+	@Z_LDFLAGS@ \
 	###
 
 construct_LDADD = \
@@ -51,7 +55,8 @@ construct_LDADD = \
 	@SODIUM_LIBS@ \
 	-lcrypto \
 	-lssl \
-	-lz \
+	@LZ4_LIBS@ \
+	@Z_LIBS@ \
 	###
 
 construct_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/ircd/Makefile.am b/ircd/Makefile.am
index 8209686c6..88b1cfa32 100644
--- a/ircd/Makefile.am
+++ b/ircd/Makefile.am
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	@BOOST_CPPFLAGS@ \
 	@SODIUM_CPPFLAGS@ \
 	@MAGIC_CPPFLAGS@ \
+	@Z_CPPFLAGS@ \
 	-include ircd/ircd.h \
 	###
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ libircd_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	@BOOST_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@SODIUM_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@MAGIC_LDFLAGS@ \
+	@Z_LDFLAGS@ \
 	###
 
 libircd_la_LIBADD = \
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ libircd_la_LIBADD = \
 	@MAGIC_LIBS@ \
 	-lcrypto \
 	-lssl \
-	-lz \
+	@Z_LIBS@ \
 	###
 
 # Since this is a GNU C++ project we assume the non-standard respect for