diff --git a/cmake/FindSqlite3.cmake b/cmake/FindSqlite3.cmake
index 7cab06bd1..33a8feefc 100644
--- a/cmake/FindSqlite3.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindSqlite3.cmake
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 #  SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS - the sqlite3 include directory
 #  SQLITE3_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use sqlite3
 
-set(_SQLITE3_ROOT_PATHS
-	${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
-)
+if(APPLE AND NOT IOS)
+	set(_SQLITE3_ROOT_PATHS "/usr/lib")
+endif()
 
 find_path(SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS
 	NAMES sqlite3.h
-	HINTS _SQLITE3_ROOT_PATHS
+	HINTS "${_SQLITE3_ROOT_PATHS}"
 	PATH_SUFFIXES include
 )
 
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ endif()
 
 find_library(SQLITE3_LIBRARIES
 	NAMES sqlite3
-	HINTS ${_SQLITE3_ROOT_PATHS}
-	PATH_SUFFIXES bin lib
+	HINTS "${_SQLITE3_ROOT_PATHS}"
 )
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
diff --git a/cmake/FindXML2.cmake b/cmake/FindXML2.cmake
index 9d0eebe14..3750cd6a3 100644
--- a/cmake/FindXML2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindXML2.cmake
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 #  XML2_INCLUDE_DIRS - the libxml2 include directory
 #  XML2_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use libxml2
 
-set(_XML2_ROOT_PATHS
-	${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
-)
+if(APPLE AND NOT IOS)
+	set(_XML2_ROOT_PATHS "/usr/lib")
+endif()
 
 find_path(XML2_INCLUDE_DIRS
 	NAMES libxml/xmlreader.h
-	HINTS _XML2_ROOT_PATHS
+	HINTS "${_XML2_ROOT_PATHS}"
 	PATH_SUFFIXES include/libxml2
 )
 
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ endif()
 
 find_library(XML2_LIBRARIES
 	NAMES xml2
-	HINTS ${_XML2_ROOT_PATHS}
-	PATH_SUFFIXES bin lib
+	HINTS "${_XML2_ROOT_PATHS}"
 )
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
diff --git a/cmake/FindZlib.cmake b/cmake/FindZlib.cmake
index f29d2a8db..98f9e52bd 100644
--- a/cmake/FindZlib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindZlib.cmake
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@
 #  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")
+endif()
 
 find_path(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS
 	NAMES zlib.h
-	HINTS _ZLIB_ROOT_PATHS
+	HINTS "${_ZLIB_ROOT_PATHS}"
 	PATH_SUFFIXES include
 )
 
@@ -39,12 +42,12 @@ endif()
 if(ENABLE_STATIC)
 	find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARIES
 		NAMES zstatic zlibstatic zlibstaticd z
-		PATH_SUFFIXES bin lib
+		HINTS "${_ZLIB_ROOT_PATHS}"
 	)
 else()
 	find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARIES
 		NAMES z zlib zlibd
-		PATH_SUFFIXES bin lib
+		HINTS "${_ZLIB_ROOT_PATHS}"
 	)
 endif()