diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index c6baee76..cd930f94 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ cabal-format-version: "1.24"
 
 # Constraints for brand new builds
 packages:
+    "Paulo Tanaka <paulot@fb.com> @paulot":
+        # on behalf of Bryan O'Sullivan @bos:
+        - zstd
+
     "Ferdinand van Walree <ferdinandvwalree@gmail.com> @Ferdinand-vW":
         - sessiontypes
         - sessiontypes-distributed
diff --git a/debian-bootstrap.sh b/debian-bootstrap.sh
index 1d54266c..833da323 100755
--- a/debian-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/debian-bootstrap.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ apt-get install -y \
     libxss-dev \
     libyaml-dev \
     libzip-dev \
+    libzstd-dev \
     libzmq3-dev \
     llvm-3.9 \
     locales \