diff --git a/rdkafka-sys/Cargo.toml b/rdkafka-sys/Cargo.toml
index fb6e397c0..3acf1c8c5 100644
--- a/rdkafka-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rdkafka-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ categories = ["external-ffi-bindings"]
 
 [dependencies]
 libz-sys = "1.0"
+zstd-sys = { version = "1.3", features = [] }
 openssl-sys = { version = "~ 0.9.0", optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/rdkafka-sys/build.rs b/rdkafka-sys/build.rs
index c0cc3e266..2f3e9ec0e 100644
--- a/rdkafka-sys/build.rs
+++ b/rdkafka-sys/build.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ fn build_librdkafka() {
 
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}/librdkafka/src",
              env::current_dir().expect("Can't find current dir").display());
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=zstd");
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=rdkafka");
 }