diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index 036ea991ef6a..f8d7a5582d4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 , gnupg
 , zlib
 , xz
+, zstd
 , tpm2-tss
 , libuuid
 , libapparmor
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
 
 , withAnalyze ? true
 , withApparmor ? true
-, withCompression ? true  # adds bzip2, lz4 and xz
+, withCompression ? true  # adds bzip2, lz4, xz and zstd
 , withCoredump ? true
 , withCryptsetup ? true
 , withDocumentation ? true
@@ -364,7 +365,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     ++ lib.optional withApparmor libapparmor
     ++ lib.optional wantCurl (lib.getDev curl)
-    ++ lib.optionals withCompression [ bzip2 lz4 xz ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withCompression [ bzip2 lz4 xz zstd ]
     ++ lib.optional withCryptsetup (lib.getDev cryptsetup.dev)
     ++ lib.optional withEfi gnu-efi
     ++ lib.optional withKexectools kexec-tools