diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index da058ae..3dba1fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ jobs:
             -DTRX_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
             -DTRX_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON \
             -DTRX_ENABLE_NIFTI=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/install" \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
             ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && format('-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE={0}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake', github.workspace) || '' }}
 
@@ -311,10 +312,15 @@ jobs:
           }
           EOF
 
+          prefix_path="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/install"
+          if [[ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]]; then
+            prefix_path="$(brew --prefix);${prefix_path}"
+          fi
           cmake -S "$consumer" -B "$consumer/build" \
             -G Ninja \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-            -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build"
+            -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$prefix_path" \
+            ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && format('-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE={0}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake', github.workspace) || '' }}
 
       - name: Build downstream consumer
         run: cmake --build ci-consumer/build --config Release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/trx-cppConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/trx-cppConfig.cmake.in
index 85e15bb..f8074e7 100644
--- a/cmake/trx-cppConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/trx-cppConfig.cmake.in
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 find_dependency(Eigen3)
+find_dependency(libzip CONFIG)
 # mio and json11 are header-only and vendored; no package required
-# libzip is a PRIVATE dependency — consumers do not need it
+# libzip is a transitive dependency of the static library
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/trx-cppTargets.cmake")