diff --git a/lfs/gcc b/lfs/gcc
index 563e94c16..f78891e24 100644
--- a/lfs/gcc
+++ b/lfs/gcc
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@ EXTRA_CONFIG += \
 	--disable-multilib \
 	--with-bugurl=https://bugzilla.ipfire.org \
 	--disable-libunwind-exceptions \
-	--enable-gnu-unique-object \
-	--without-zstd
+	--enable-gnu-unique-object
 
 export XCFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
 export TCFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index b6d8153d2..054827bad 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -1084,6 +1084,7 @@ buildbase() {
 	lfsmake2 tzdata
 	lfsmake2 cleanup-toolchain
 	lfsmake2 zlib
+	lfsmake2 zstd
 	lfsmake2 autoconf
 	lfsmake2 automake
 	lfsmake2 libtool
@@ -1094,7 +1095,6 @@ buildbase() {
 	lfsmake2 libxcrypt
 	lfsmake2 file
 	lfsmake2 gcc
-	lfsmake2 zstd
 	lfsmake2 sed
 	lfsmake2 berkeley
 	lfsmake2 coreutils