diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
index 9da3de468a..b04d710d78 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ else
 QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -no-cups
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZSTD),y)
+QT5BASE_DEPENDENCIES += zstd
+QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -zstd
+else
+QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -no-zstd
+endif
+
 # Qt5 SQL Plugins
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_SQL),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_MYSQL),y)