diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ba527facc36..c0c696c415d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # **********************************************************
-# Copyright (c) 2010-2023 Google, Inc.    All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2024 Google, Inc.    All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2009-2010 VMware, Inc.    All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2018 Arm Limited          All rights reserved.
 # **********************************************************
@@ -1840,7 +1840,8 @@ endfunction ()
 # TODO i#5767: Install an explicit zlib package on our Windows GA CI images
 # (this find_package finds a strawberry perl zlib which causes 32-bit build
 # and 64-bit private loader issues).
-if (WIN32 AND AUTOMATED_TESTING)
+option(DISABLE_ZLIB "Disable looking for and using zlib" OFF)
+if (WIN32 AND NOT DISABLE_ZLIB)
   set(ZLIB_FOUND OFF)
 else ()
   find_package(ZLIB)
diff --git a/make/package.cmake b/make/package.cmake
index 67ae451db0e..d6585d8c343 100644
--- a/make/package.cmake
+++ b/make/package.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # **********************************************************
-# Copyright (c) 2011-2022 Google, Inc.    All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2011-2024 Google, Inc.    All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2009-2010 VMware, Inc.    All rights reserved.
 # **********************************************************
 
@@ -164,10 +164,15 @@ set(base_cache "
   BUILD_NUMBER:STRING=${arg_build}
   UNIQUE_BUILD_NUMBER:STRING=${arg_ubuild}
   BUILD_PACKAGE:BOOL=ON
-  AUTOMATED_TESTING:BOOL=ON
   ${arg_cacheappend}
   ")
 
+if (WIN32)
+  # TODO i#5767: Install a working zlib package on our Windows GA CI images.
+  set(base_cache "${base_cache}
+    DISABLE_ZLIB:BOOL=ON")
+endif()
+
 # version is optional
 if (arg_version)
   set(base_cache "${base_cache}