diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b022517..ba5e749 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Build-Depends: autotools-dev,
                libusb-1.0-0-dev (>= 1.0.17-1),
                libusbredirparser-dev (>= 0.6-2),
                libvirglrenderer-dev,
+               libzstd-dev,
                meson,
                python3-minimal,
                python3-sphinx,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 7c486cf..6814f42 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ ${BUILDDIR}/config.status: configure
 	--enable-virglrenderer \
 	--enable-virtfs \
 	--enable-virtiofsd \
-	--enable-xfsctl
+	--enable-xfsctl \
+	--enable-zstd
 
 build: build-stamp