diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 548be2ce..f387648a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ include = [
     "src/*.c",
     "src/zlib/*.[ch]",
     "src/zlib/*.pc.in",
+    # zlib-ng
+    "src/zlib-ng/**.[ch]",
+    "src/zlib-ng/arch/arm/**.[ch]",
+    "src/zlib-ng/arch/generic/**.[ch]",
+    "src/zlib-ng/arch/power/**.[ch]",
+    "src/zlib-ng/arch/riscv/**.[ch]",
+    "src/zlib-ng/arch/s390x/**.[ch]",
+    "src/zlib-ng/arch/x86/**.[ch]",
+    "src/zlib-ng/*.[ch].in",
+    "src/zlib-ng/*.pc.in",
+    "src/zlib-ng/zlib_name_mangling.h.empty",
+    # zlib-ng cmake
+    "src/zlib-ng/CMakeLists.txt",
+    "src/zlib-ng/zlib.pc.cmakein",
+    "src/zlib-ng/cmake",
 ]
 
 [workspace]
@@ -39,7 +54,7 @@ libc = { version = "0.2.43", optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 pkg-config = "0.3.9"
-cc = "1.0.18"
+cc = "1.0.97"
 cmake = { version = "0.1.50", optional = true }
 vcpkg = "0.2"
 
diff --git a/zng/cc.rs b/zng/cc.rs
index 3fe5a5ee..0bbac907 100644
--- a/zng/cc.rs
+++ b/zng/cc.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,17 @@ struct Build {
 
 impl Build {
     fn new(cfg: cc::Build) -> Self {
-        let is_msvc = cfg.get_compiler().is_like_msvc();
+        // cc currently has a bug where they create a named temp file in a directory
+        // without ensuring the directory exists first, so apply this workaround
+        // until it can be fixed upstream
+        let mut pb = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("OUT_DIR").expect("this should always be set"));
+        pb.push("lib");
+        if let Err(err) = std::fs::create_dir_all(&pb) {
+            panic!("failed to create {:?}: {}", pb, err);
+        }
+
+        let is_msvc = cfg.try_get_compiler().unwrap().is_like_msvc();
+
         Self { cfg, is_msvc }
     }