diff --git a/package/makedumpfile/makedumpfile.mk b/package/makedumpfile/makedumpfile.mk
index 8399e4d063..b787f0f387 100644
--- a/package/makedumpfile/makedumpfile.mk
+++ b/package/makedumpfile/makedumpfile.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ MAKEDUMPFILE_DEPENDENCIES += snappy
 MAKEDUMPFILE_MAKE_OPTS += USESNAPPY=on
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZSTD),y)
+MAKEDUMPFILE_DEPENDENCIES += zstd
+MAKEDUMPFILE_MAKE_OPTS += USEZSTD=on
+endif
+
 define MAKEDUMPFILE_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
 		$(MAKEDUMPFILE_MAKE_OPTS)