diff --git a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
index e54f019888..efa747cf8d 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ else
 PERF_MAKE_FLAGS += NO_LIBAUDIT=1
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZSTD),y)
+PERF_DEPENDENCIES += zstd
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNWIND),y)
 PERF_DEPENDENCIES += libunwind
 else