diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ec93ded..f24f37a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -126,3 +126,7 @@
 	path = blender-deps/libwebp
 	url = https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp
 	branch = main
+[submodule "blender-deps/zstd"]
+	path = blender-deps/zstd
+	url = https://github.com/facebook/zstd
+	branch = dev
diff --git a/blender-deps/zstd b/blender-deps/zstd
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..afa96bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender-deps/zstd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit afa96bbf254ba63529fa14aa7f14d82f748e90d7