diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 7203783..c0543d9 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
             "PARALLEL_MAKE = '-j 16 -l 52'",
             "XZ_MEMLIMIT = '5%'",
             "XZ_THREADS = '8'",
+            "ZSTD_THREADS = '8'",
             "BB_TASK_NICE_LEVEL = '5'",
             "BB_TASK_NICE_LEVEL:task-testimage = '0'",
             "BB_TASK_IONICE_LEVEL = '2.7'",