diff --git a/cmake/FindSqlite3.cmake b/cmake/FindSqlite3.cmake
index 33a8feefc..ea8d0292d 100644
--- a/cmake/FindSqlite3.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindSqlite3.cmake
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@
 #  SQLITE3_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use sqlite3
 
 if(APPLE AND NOT IOS)
-	set(_SQLITE3_ROOT_PATHS "/usr/lib")
+	set(SQLITE3_HINTS "/usr")
+endif()
+if(SQLITE3_HINTS)
+	set(SQLITE3_LIBRARIES_HINTS "${SQLITE3_HINTS}/lib")
 endif()
 
 find_path(SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS
 	NAMES sqlite3.h
-	HINTS "${_SQLITE3_ROOT_PATHS}"
+	HINTS "${SQLITE3_HINTS}"
 	PATH_SUFFIXES include
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ endif()
 
 find_library(SQLITE3_LIBRARIES
 	NAMES sqlite3
-	HINTS "${_SQLITE3_ROOT_PATHS}"
+	HINTS "${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES_HINTS}"
 )
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
diff --git a/cmake/FindXML2.cmake b/cmake/FindXML2.cmake
index 3750cd6a3..cf0333f4b 100644
--- a/cmake/FindXML2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindXML2.cmake
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@
 #  XML2_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use libxml2
 
 if(APPLE AND NOT IOS)
-	set(_XML2_ROOT_PATHS "/usr/lib")
+	set(XML2_HINTS "/usr")
+endif()
+if(XML2_HINTS)
+	set(XML2_LIBRARIES_HINTS "${XML2_HINTS}/lib")
 endif()
 
 find_path(XML2_INCLUDE_DIRS
 	NAMES libxml/xmlreader.h
-	HINTS "${_XML2_ROOT_PATHS}"
+	HINTS "${XML2_HINTS}"
 	PATH_SUFFIXES include/libxml2
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ endif()
 
 find_library(XML2_LIBRARIES
 	NAMES xml2
-	HINTS "${_XML2_ROOT_PATHS}"
+	HINTS "${XML2_LIBRARIES_HINTS}"
 )
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
diff --git a/cmake/FindZlib.cmake b/cmake/FindZlib.cmake
index 98f9e52bd..ca718d860 100644
--- a/cmake/FindZlib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindZlib.cmake
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@
 #  ZLIB_FOUND - system has zlib
 #  ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS - the zlib include directory
 #  ZLIB_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use zlib
-if(APPLE AND IOS)
-	set(_ZLIB_ROOT_PATHS "/usr/lib")
+
+if(APPLE AND NOT IOS)
+	set(ZLIB_HINTS "/usr")
+endif()
+if(ZLIB_HINTS)
+	set(ZLIB_LIBRARIES_HINTS "${ZLIB_HINTS}/lib")
 endif()
 
 find_path(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS
 	NAMES zlib.h
-	HINTS "${_ZLIB_ROOT_PATHS}"
+	HINTS "${ZLIB_HINTS}"
 	PATH_SUFFIXES include
 )
 
@@ -42,12 +46,12 @@ endif()
 if(ENABLE_STATIC)
 	find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARIES
 		NAMES zstatic zlibstatic zlibstaticd z
-		HINTS "${_ZLIB_ROOT_PATHS}"
+		HINTS "${ZLIB_LIBRARIES_HINTS}"
 	)
 else()
 	find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARIES
 		NAMES z zlib zlibd
-		HINTS "${_ZLIB_ROOT_PATHS}"
+		HINTS "${ZLIB_LIBRARIES_HINTS}"
 	)
 endif()