diff --git a/fluentd.gemspec b/fluentd.gemspec
index ff225597d3..4d18e3562b 100644
--- a/fluentd.gemspec
+++ b/fluentd.gemspec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_runtime_dependency("tzinfo-data", ["~> 1.0"])
   gem.add_runtime_dependency("strptime", [">= 0.2.4", "< 1.0.0"])
   gem.add_runtime_dependency("webrick", ["~> 1.4"])
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency("zstd-ruby", ["~> 1.5"])
 
   # gems that aren't default gems as of Ruby 3.4
   gem.add_runtime_dependency("base64", ["~> 0.2"])
diff --git a/lib/fluent/event.rb b/lib/fluent/event.rb
index bcb06998ed..471094a6d4 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/event.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/event.rb
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class MessagePackEventStream < EventStream
     # https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-ruby/issues/119
 
     # Keep cached_unpacker argument for existing plugins
-    def initialize(data, cached_unpacker = nil, size = 0, unpacked_times: nil, unpacked_records: nil)
+    def initialize(data, cached_unpacker = nil, size = 0, unpacked_times: nil, unpacked_records: nil, compress: nil)
       @data = data
       @size = size
       @unpacked_times = unpacked_times
@@ -268,10 +268,11 @@ def to_msgpack_stream(time_int: false, packer: nil)
   end
 
   class CompressedMessagePackEventStream < MessagePackEventStream
-    def initialize(data, cached_unpacker = nil, size = 0, unpacked_times: nil, unpacked_records: nil)
+    def initialize(data, cached_unpacker = nil, size = 0, unpacked_times: nil, unpacked_records: nil, compress: :gzip)
       super
       @decompressed_data = nil
       @compressed_data = data
+      @type = compress
     end
 
     def empty?
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ def to_compressed_msgpack_stream(time_int: false, packer: nil)
 
     def ensure_decompressed!
       return if @decompressed_data
-      @data = @decompressed_data = decompress(@data)
+      @data = @decompressed_data = decompress(@data, type: @type)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/compressable.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/compressable.rb
index aa242478fe..35c2bb94f7 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/compressable.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/compressable.rb
@@ -16,29 +16,36 @@
 
 require 'stringio'
 require 'zlib'
+require 'zstd-ruby'
 
 module Fluent
   module Plugin
     module Compressable
-      def compress(data, **kwargs)
+      def compress(data, type: :gzip, **kwargs)
         output_io = kwargs[:output_io]
+        writer = nil
         io = output_io || StringIO.new
-        Zlib::GzipWriter.wrap(io) do |gz|
-          gz.write data
+        if type == :gzip
+          writer = Zlib::GzipWriter.new(io)
+        elsif type == :zstd
+          writer = Zstd::StreamWriter.new(io)
+        else
+          raise ArgumentError, "Unknown compression type: #{type}"
         end
-
+        writer.write(data)
+        writer.finish
         output_io || io.string
       end
 
       # compressed_data is String like `compress(data1) + compress(data2) + ... + compress(dataN)`
       # https://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/971591#979503
-      def decompress(compressed_data = nil, output_io: nil, input_io: nil)
+      def decompress(compressed_data = nil, output_io: nil, input_io: nil, type: :gzip)
         case
         when input_io && output_io
-          io_decompress(input_io, output_io)
+          io_decompress(input_io, output_io, type)
         when input_io
           output_io = StringIO.new
-          io = io_decompress(input_io, output_io)
+          io = io_decompress(input_io, output_io, type)
           io.string
         when compressed_data.nil? || compressed_data.empty?
           # check compressed_data(String) is 0 length
@@ -46,27 +53,36 @@ def decompress(compressed_data = nil, output_io: nil, input_io: nil)
         when output_io
           # execute after checking compressed_data is empty or not
           io = StringIO.new(compressed_data)
-          io_decompress(io, output_io)
+          io_decompress(io, output_io, type)
         else
-          string_decompress(compressed_data)
+          string_decompress(compressed_data, type)
         end
       end
 
       private
 
-      def string_decompress(compressed_data)
+      def string_decompress(compressed_data, type = :gzip)
         io = StringIO.new(compressed_data)
 
         out = ''
         loop do
-          gz = Zlib::GzipReader.new(io)
-          out << gz.read
-          unused = gz.unused
-          gz.finish
+          if type == :gzip
+            reader = Zlib::GzipReader.new(io)
+            out << reader.read
+            unused = reader.unused
+            reader.finish
 
-          unless unused.nil?
-            adjust = unused.length
-            io.pos -= adjust
+            unless unused.nil?
+              adjust = unused.length
+              io.pos -= adjust
+            end
+          elsif type == :zstd
+            reader = Zstd::StreamReader.new(io)
+            # Zstd::StreamReader needs to specify the size of the buffer
+            out << reader.read(1024)
+            # Zstd::StreamReader doesn't provide unused data, so we have to manually adjust the position
+          else
+            raise ArgumentError, "Unknown compression type: #{type}"
           end
           break if io.eof?
         end
@@ -74,17 +90,27 @@ def string_decompress(compressed_data)
         out
       end
 
-      def io_decompress(input, output)
+      def io_decompress(input, output, type = :gzip)
         loop do
-          gz = Zlib::GzipReader.new(input)
-          v = gz.read
-          output.write(v)
-          unused = gz.unused
-          gz.finish
-
-          unless unused.nil?
-            adjust = unused.length
-            input.pos -= adjust
+          reader = nil
+          if type == :gzip
+            reader = Zlib::GzipReader.new(input)
+            v = reader.read
+            output.write(v)
+            unused = reader.unused
+            reader.finish
+            unless unused.nil?
+              adjust = unused.length
+              input.pos -= adjust
+            end
+          elsif type == :zstd
+            reader = Zstd::StreamReader.new(input)
+            # Zstd::StreamReader needs to specify the size of the buffer
+            v = reader.read(1024)
+            output.write(v)
+            # Zstd::StreamReader doesn't provide unused data, so we have to manually adjust the position
+          else
+            raise ArgumentError, "Unknown compression type: #{type}"
           end
           break if input.eof?
         end
diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/in_forward.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/in_forward.rb
index eb8b3c629e..05d2262533 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/in_forward.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/in_forward.rb
@@ -309,8 +309,7 @@ def on_message(msg, chunk_size, conn)
         # PackedForward
         option = msg[2]
         size = (option && option['size']) || 0
-        es_class = (option && option['compressed'] == 'gzip') ? Fluent::CompressedMessagePackEventStream : Fluent::MessagePackEventStream
-        es = es_class.new(entries, nil, size.to_i)
+        es = (option && option['compressed']!=nil && option['compressed']!="text") ? Fluent::CompressedMessagePackEventStream.new(entries, nil, size.to_i, compress: option['compressed'].to_sym) : Fluent::MessagePackEventStream.new(entries, nil, size.to_i)
         es = check_and_skip_invalid_event(tag, es, conn.remote_host) if @skip_invalid_event
         if @enable_field_injection
           es = add_source_info(es, conn)
diff --git a/test/plugin/test_in_forward.rb b/test/plugin/test_in_forward.rb
index 9a3b46fd9a..e32dbe8c1b 100644
--- a/test/plugin/test_in_forward.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/test_in_forward.rb
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ def create_driver(conf=base_config)
       chunk = ["tag1", entries, { 'compressed' => 'gzip' }].to_msgpack
 
       # check CompressedMessagePackEventStream is created
-      mock(Fluent::CompressedMessagePackEventStream).new(entries, nil, 0)
+      mock(Fluent::CompressedMessagePackEventStream).new(entries, nil, 0, compress: :gzip)
 
       d.run do
         Fluent::MessagePackFactory.msgpack_unpacker.feed_each(chunk) do |obj|