diff --git a/package/kmod/kmod.mk b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
index 7fed252c22..9d2b2c47d7 100644
--- a/package/kmod/kmod.mk
+++ b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ else
 KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZSTD),y)
+KMOD_DEPENDENCIES += zstd
+KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --with-zstd
+else
+KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --without-zstd
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),y)
 KMOD_DEPENDENCIES += xz
 KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --with-xz