diff --git a/pkg/erofs/erofs.go b/pkg/erofs/erofs.go
index d1b9d4f..6fe3a2b 100644
--- a/pkg/erofs/erofs.go
+++ b/pkg/erofs/erofs.go
@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ func MakeErofs(tempdir string, rootfs string, eps *common.ExcludePaths, verity v
 
 	args := []string{tmpErofs.Name(), rootfs}
 	compression := LZ4HCCompression
-	// NOTE: both zstd and parallel support is experimental, skipping for now
-	_, parallelOk := mkerofsSupportsFeature()
+	zstdOk, parallelOk := mkerofsSupportsFeature()
+	if zstdOk && false { // NOTE: zstd support is experimental, skipping for now
+		args = append(args, "-z", "zstd")
+		compression = ZstdCompression
+	}
 	if parallelOk {
 		args = append(args, "--workers", fmt.Sprintf("%d", runtime.NumCPU()))
 	}