diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 089fbf4..512de88 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10573,4 +10573,5 @@ checksum = "4fa202f2ef00074143e219d15b62ffc317d17cc33909feac471c044087cad7b0"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0864cdb..a558066 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ typetag = { version = "0.2.7", default-features = false }
 url = { version = "2.3.1", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 uuid = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 warp = { version = "0.3.4", default-features = false }
-zstd = { version = "0.12.3", default-features = false }
+zstd = { version = "0.12.3", features = ["pkg-config"] }
 arr_macro = { version = "0.2.1" }
 
 # depending on fork for bumped nix dependency