diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c0889930ce4477e21f994d5f1e447523459947df..a1a439c118d2ca12ca85a8420ed49b26d1d5e40d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build-kernel:
       - "*.deb"
   script:
     - apt-get update
-    - apt-get install -y build-essential curl bison flex bc rsync kmod cpio lsb-release libssl-dev libelf-dev
+    - apt-get install -y build-essential curl bison flex bc rsync kmod cpio lsb-release libssl-dev libelf-dev zstd
     - ./compile.bash
   tags:
   - highmem