diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
index 8738af7751..1a1aca37b3 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ELFUTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-3.0+ (library)
 ELFUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING-GPLV2 COPYING-LGPLV3
 ELFUTILS_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf zlib $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
-HOST_ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-zlib host-bzip2 host-xz
+HOST_ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-zlib host-bzip2 host-xz host-zstd
 
 # We patch configure.ac
 ELFUTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ELFUTILS_CONF_OPTS += \
 HOST_ELFUTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-bzlib \
 	--with-lzma \
-	--without-zstd \
+	--with-zstd \
 	--disable-demangler \
 	--disable-progs