diff --git a/package/kmod/Config.in.host b/package/kmod/Config.in.host
index 9dbbcea782..7680cecdb2 100644
--- a/package/kmod/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/kmod/Config.in.host
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_KMOD
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_KMOD_GZ
 	bool "support gzip-compressed modules"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_KMOD_ZSTD
+	bool "support zstd-compressed modules"
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_KMOD_XZ
 	bool "support xz-compressed modules"
 
diff --git a/package/kmod/kmod.mk b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
index 9d2b2c47d7..7c5d200b0f 100644
--- a/package/kmod/kmod.mk
+++ b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ else
 HOST_KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_KMOD_ZSTD),y)
+HOST_KMOD_DEPENDENCIES += host-zstd
+HOST_KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --with-zstd
+else
+HOST_KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --without-zstd
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_KMOD_XZ),y)
 HOST_KMOD_DEPENDENCIES += host-xz
 HOST_KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --with-xz