diff --git a/cmake/externals/quazip/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/externals/quazip/CMakeLists.txt
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+set(EXTERNAL_NAME quazip)
+
+if (ANDROID)
+  set(ANDROID_CMAKE_ARGS "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}" "-DANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=19")
+endif ()
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+ExternalProject_Add(
+  ${EXTERNAL_NAME}
+  URL http://headache.hungry.com/~seth/hifi/quazip-0.7.1.tar.gz
+  URL_MD5 e4a14ad41b9a1ce494f8dd9add56429e
+  # BUILD_COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} tbb_os=macos
+  # CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+  # INSTALL_COMMAND ${PLATFORM_BUILD_COMMAND}
+  CMAKE_ARGS ${ANDROID_CMAKE_ARGS} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>
+  BINARY_DIR ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_PREFIX}/build
+  LOG_DOWNLOAD 1
+  LOG_CONFIGURE 1
+  LOG_BUILD 1
+)
+
+# Hide this external target (for ide users)
+set_target_properties(${EXTERNAL_NAME} PROPERTIES FOLDER "hidden/externals")
+
+ExternalProject_Get_Property(${EXTERNAL_NAME} INSTALL_DIR)
+
+string(TOUPPER ${EXTERNAL_NAME} EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER)
+
+if (WIN32)
+  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARY_DEBUG ${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/Debug/QUAZIP_LIB.lib CACHE FILEPATH "Path to QuaZip debug library")
+  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARY_RELEASE ${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/Release/QUAZIP_LIB.lib CACHE FILEPATH "Path to QuaZip release library")
+else ()
+  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARY_DEBUG "" CACHE FILEPATH "Path to QuaZip debug library")
+  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARY_RELEASE ${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libquazip.so CACHE FILEPATH "Path to QuaZip release library")
+endif ()
+
+set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_INCLUDE_DIRS ${INSTALL_DIR}/include CACHE FILEPATH "Path to QuaZip include directory")
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diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindQuaZip.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindQuaZip.cmake
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+#
+#  FindQuaZip.cmake
+#
+#  Once done this will define
+#
+#  QUAZIP_FOUND - system found QuaZip
+#  QUAZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS - the QuaZip include directory
+#  QUAZIP_LIBRARIES - link to this to use QuaZip
+#
+#  Created on 2015-8-1 by Seth Alves
+#  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
+#
+#  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+#  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+#
+
+include("${MACRO_DIR}/HifiLibrarySearchHints.cmake")
+hifi_library_search_hints("quazip")
+
+find_path(QUAZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS quazip.h PATH_SUFFIXES include HINTS ${QUAZIP_SEARCH_DIRS})
+
+find_library(QUAZIP_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES QUAZIP QUAZIP_LIB PATH_SUFFIXES lib/Debug HINTS ${QUAZIP_SEARCH_DIRS})
+find_library(QUAZIP_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES QUAZIP QUAZIP_LIB PATH_SUFFIXES lib/Release lib HINTS ${QUAZIP_SEARCH_DIRS})
+
+include(SelectLibraryConfigurations)
+select_library_configurations(QUAZIP)
+
+set(QUAZIP_LIBRARIES ${QUAZIP_LIBRARY})
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args(QUAZIP "Could NOT find QuaZip, try to set the path to QuaZip root folder in the system variable QUAZIP_ROOT_DIR or create a directory quazip in HIFI_LIB_DIR and paste the necessary files there"
+ QUAZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS QUAZIP_LIBRARIES)
+
+mark_as_advanced(QUAZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS QUAZIP_LIBRARIES QUAZIP_SEARCH_DIRS)
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