diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d4c2ebe3a..bc78478c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2641,6 +2641,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wax",
  "which",
  "windows",
+ "zstd",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5604,4 +5605,5 @@ checksum = "9fd07cbbc53846d9145dbffdf6dd09a7a0aa52be46741825f5c97bdd4f73f12b"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 8a9d29562..374ffa153 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ wax = { version =  "0.5.0", features = ["diagnostics"] }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["bundled"], optional = true }
 sqlparser = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
 
+zstd = { version = "*", features = [ "pkg-config" ] }
+
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 umask = "2.0.0"
 users = "0.11.0"