diff --git a/package/zstd/zstd.mk b/package/zstd/zstd.mk
index e2ba12b058..35002da332 100644
--- a/package/zstd/zstd.mk
+++ b/package/zstd/zstd.mk
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ endef
 # note: no 'HAVE_...' options for host library build only
 define HOST_ZSTD_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) \
-		-C $(@D)/lib
+		-C $(@D)/lib libzstd.a libzstd
 	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) \
 		-C $(@D) zstd
 endef