diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
index fd323a42ee..6ddd94aa0d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
@@ -909,7 +909,8 @@ (define-public qtbase
                 libsm
                 libxcb
                 libxext
-                xcb-util-cursor)))
+                xcb-util-cursor
+                `(,zstd "lib"))))
     (native-search-paths
      (list (search-path-specification
             (variable "QMAKEPATH")