diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-zstandard/template b/srcpkgs/python3-zstandard/template
index 523a7ee72b6..fde89844eb3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-zstandard/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-zstandard/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-zstandard'
 pkgname=python3-zstandard
 version=0.18.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="python-zstandard-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
+make_build_args="--system-zstd"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-makedepends="python3-devel"
+makedepends="python3-devel libzstd-devel"
 depends="python3"
 checkdepends="python3-hypothesis"
 short_desc="Python bindings to the Zstandard (zstd) compression library"