diff --git a/archivers/zstd/Makefile b/archivers/zstd/Makefile
index 511b3f76d725..e1f3e910986b 100644
--- a/archivers/zstd/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/zstd/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LICENSE_FILE_GPLv2=	${WRKSRC}/../../COPYING
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	gmd5sum:sysutils/coreutils
 
-USES=		meson pkgconfig python:3.7+,build shebangfix
+USES=		meson pkgconfig python:3.7+,build shebangfix tar:zst
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Ddefault_library=both
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
diff --git a/archivers/zstd/distinfo b/archivers/zstd/distinfo
index 8d5e546971e6..9030708f8aa8 100644
--- a/archivers/zstd/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/zstd/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1643133649
-SHA256 (zstd-1.5.2.tar.gz) = 7c42d56fac126929a6a85dbc73ff1db2411d04f104fae9bdea51305663a83fd0
-SIZE (zstd-1.5.2.tar.gz) = 1936664
+TIMESTAMP = 1657292472
+SHA256 (zstd-1.5.2.tar.zst) = 3ea06164971edec7caa2045a1932d757c1815858e4c2b68c7ef812647535c23f
+SIZE (zstd-1.5.2.tar.zst) = 1480658